Although kids tend to do better when they live with both biological parents, the advantages are not shared by children in high-conflict households, writes the study's lead author, Kelly Musick, an associate professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University.Teenagers whose parents don't get along, yet stay together, are much more likely to binge drink than other adolescents, the study found. As well, they are more likely to smoke, use marijuana and have sex at an early age.
Monday, June 29, 2009
PAM Research Says Feuding Parents Should Divorce
I don't usually post news about research being performed at Cornell, but I thought this was interesting:
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