During the upheaval of divorce, children’s academic achievements are more apt to become losses. Their grades go down, their homework assignments are completed irregularly, if at all, and their attention spans lessen, along with their ability to concentrate. Sometimes preschool and primary school-aged children just plain go to sleep in class, exhausted by the stress at home. You want to learn how to get child custody.

There seems to be no age limit to poor performance in school, though gender does seem to be a factor. One highly touted study found that from elementary school right through high school, boys from single-parent homes were more often classified as “low achievers” with grades of D and F than children from intact families.