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Originally Posted by troutman
I think there is a lot of new research that shows where a couple divorces amicably, and where the children have maximum contact with both parents, children of divorce are just as happy and well-adjusted as other children.
It is essential that the legal system (courts and lawyers) work to resolve matters collaboratively as much as possible, and not through litigation. Parents that put the interests of their children first, do a great service. Joint/shared custody is becoming the norm, and should only be departed from in unusual cases.
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It seems intuitive to me that an amicable divorce is likely to produce much better outcomes than a bitter divorce. It also seems likely that an amicable divorce is likely better than a dysfunctional marriage, although I'm not sure how you'd be able to test that. (Ask people to self-identify their marriages as dysfunctional?)
My point was more that although statistical measurement certainly isn't perfect, it can be done. I'm sure eventually it will be done on same-sex parenting as well, once the sample size grows larger.