<![CDATA[Family is the smallest social institution within society and serves as the primary social environment that provides the poudation for a child sgrowth and development. It is within the familythat education, values, norms and individuals are first cultivated and shaped. Every family aspires to live In harmony, peace and prosperity. Family harmony is one of the primary goals of marriage and famiy life however, in reality not every family experiencesa harmonious and peaceful relationship, Various factors contribute to family disharmony and may ultimately lead to the breakdown of marriage. One of the major causes is prolonged and unresolved conflict between parents, which often results in separation or divorce. Such decisions frequently leave children feeling emotionally distressed, sad, and som e cases, deeply traumatized. Parental divorce or separation has significant effects on children’s lives, particularly on their communication behavior and personality development The condition of parental separation of divorce often causes profound emotional pain and sadness for children. This situation is commonly referred to us a broken home in which the famiy unit is no longer intact and each parent lives separately. Children are often faced with the difficult decision of living with either their faher or their mother, creating emotional uncertainty and confusion. As a result, many children losse motivation behavior. These effects are especially evident among adolescents, whose emotional and psychological development is still unstable as they transition from childhood to adulthood. During this stage, adolescents strive to express themselves and develop their personal identity. This study aims to describe the communication behavior of adolescents from broken home families in their interactions with their parents specifically, it seeks to examine how parentl separation influences adolescents interpersonal communication. The study is grounded in the theory of interpersonal communication, as well as the concepts of adolescence and broken home families. A desciptive qualitative research approach was employed using purposive sampling. Three adolescents whose parents had divorced or separated were selected as research participant, The findings indicae that the communication behavior of adolescents from broken home families varies among individuals.]]>
