Family stability may be more crucial than two parents for child success
Monday, August 31, 2009 - 10:49
in Psychology & Sociology
The advantage that children get from living in two-parent families may actually be due to family stability more than the fact that their parents are married. A new study finds that children who who are born and grow up in stable single-parent homes generally do as well as those in married households in terms of academic abilities and behavior problems.