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Kramer vs. Kramer Divorce causes great agony for men, women, and children. Though divorce is painful, parents must do their job and aid their children through their shock and denial. Many people overlook the psychological effects of divorce. Kramer vs. Kramer reveals the emotional effects not only on the child, but on the parents too. It not only affects Billy, but Ted and Johanna Kramer are greatly affected both socially and emotionally. The divorce of parents significantly changes their children’s sense of stability. Billy is traumatized by the abandonment of his mother. He searches for stability from his father. Ted Kramer, at first, halfheartedly attempts to parent Billy. When Ted tries to calm Billy down by reassuring him that everything is ok, it comforts Billy. However, Billy desperately wants Ted to listen to him just as his mother did. Ted is too engrossed with his work to pay attention to Billy’s needs. Billy’s fear of abandonment has come true at this point. He expresses this fear when he waits for Ted to pick him up at a birthday party. He claims that all the other kid’s mothers had been there to pick them up on time. When Billy accidentally spills the coffee all over Ted’s work, Ted begins to realize what he has been doing wrong all these years.
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