Stepparents not always evil: Parents' strategy to love children depends on more than blood

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 15:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Contrary to common belief, parents do not generally treat their stepchildren less favorably than their own. Until now, many researchers believed in the so-called “Cinderella effect.” It states that it is biologically inevitable that parents care less for stepchildren because they do not spread their genes. However, research challenges that belief.

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