{"id":31869,"date":"2026-02-10T15:07:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=31869"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:07:46","slug":"adult-children-affected-by-grey-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2026\/02\/adult-children-affected-by-grey-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Children Affected by Grey Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are more couples getting divorce at a much later stage in their married life. When we thought that twilight divorces probably won\u2019t affect a couple\u2019s grown children, surprisingly, it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article about the effects grey divorce have on adult children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20250912-how-grey-divorce-affects-adult-children<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What does \u201csmoke and mirrors<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cReflecting on the memories shared with their family, adult children may wonder: Was it all <\/em>smoke and mirrors<\/em><\/strong>? Were they ever really happy?\u201d<\/em> Use the idiom in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does \u201cthe bottom falls<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0mean? \u201cAll of a sudden, their parents are divorcing, and they feel like<\/em> the bottom has fallen<\/em><\/strong> out of their lives.<\/em>\u201d Use the idiom in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does \u201cto become like an island in the sea<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cWomen are basically the social directors of family life. When that goes away, men <\/em>become like islands in the sea<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d Use the idiom in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Share your thoughts on this, \u201cAdults aged 65 and older are now the only age group in the US with a\u00a0growing\u00a0divorce rate.<\/em>\u201d Do you think there is a similar trend in your country?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. What might be reasons for later-in-life divorces?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. What is your opinion about how grey divorce affect adult children?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Share your insight on this, \u201cA parental divorce can be a difficult experience for any individual [\u2026] no matter the age, no matter the marriage duration.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. What do you make of this, \u201cWomen are basically the social directors of family life still in 2025, and when that goes away men become like islands in the sea.<\/em>\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      B2 – Upper Intermediate  There are more couples getting divorce at a much later stage in their married life. When we thought that twilight divorces probably won\u2019t affect a couple\u2019s grown children, surprisingly, it does. Read the article about the effects grey divorce have on adult children. https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20250912-how-grey-divorce-affects-adult-children Vocabulary Questions: Discussion Questions:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[291,498,292,289,293],"class_list":["post-31869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-b2-upper-intermediate","tag-family-and-relationships","tag-first-certificate-fce","tag-reading","tag-text"],"yoast_head":"\nAdult Children Affected by Grey Divorce | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2026\/02\/adult-children-affected-by-grey-divorce\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adult Children Affected by Grey Divorce | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B2 – Upper Intermediate  There are more couples getting divorce at a much later stage in their married life. 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