Family Law

Importance of Post-Divorce Parenting

By Ben Stevens

A new study appears in a recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family found that for children of divorce, what happens after their parents split up may be just as important to their long-term well-being as the divorce itself.  Children who lived in unstable family situations after their parents divorced fared much worse as adults on a variety of measures compared to children who had stable post-divorce family situations.

“For many children with divorced parents, particularly young ones, the divorce does not mark the end of family structure changes – it marks the beginning,” said Yongmin Sun, co-author of the study and associate professor of sociology at Ohio State University’s Mansfield campus.  “A stable family situation after divorce does not erase the negative effects of a divorce, but children in this situation fare much better than do those who experience chronic instability”

Source:  "Post-divorce Parenting" published at the Family Law Prof Blog.

Full post as published by SC Family Law Blog on May 16, 2008 (boomark / email).