Marriage Break-Ups and Its Effect on Children’s Future: An Exploration of the Novel Custody
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1306.16Keywords:
marriage, infidelity, infertility, abandoned children, custodyAbstract
Marriage life needs true commitment, love and respect. Many marriage couples today lack understanding which results in break-ups and divorces. This affects the couple as well as their children. Successful marriage with the couple’s loyalty and love make their children grow up in a pleasant atmosphere with good mindset. Optimistic approach of parents, their sacrifice and care among the family members give progressive societal environment to children. The present generation of children is very intellectual in scrutinizing the happenings around them and hence parents need to keep the surrounding perfect. Parental care and secure life are the principal things to be given to the children for their future life. When trust and respect between a husband and wife are ruined, children’s trust and respect on their parents will too be spoiled. Especially the separation between a husband and a wife affects their children’s future. Their lack of concentration on their children leads their lives to a drastic hole which results in devastation of their future. This study focuses on marriage break-ups and how parents’ lifestyle affects children and their holistic growth. It has been applied in Manju Kapur’s novel Custody which portrays marriage bond through a middle-class family and explains the impact of husband and wife’s controversies on children. The existing condition of many families and general issues have been analyzed deeply and presented with reference to the novel. This research article represents essential needs of strong marriage bond and the significance of parents’ love for the betterment of children’s life.
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