Sentences with phrase «child of married parents»

Her book is based on a survey of 1,500 young adults which allowed her to compare the experiences of children of divorced parents with the experiences of children of married parents.

For example, 44 percent of teenage children of married parents vs. 34 percent of teenage children of single parents participate in sports.

The study showed that children of married parents demonstrated the most dramatic behavioral changes later in life if their parents divorced prior to their first year of school.

Teenage children of married parents are more likely than children of single parents to participate in extracurricular activities such as sports, lessons and clubs.

For children of married parents, this involvement is often a given; for children of unmarried parents though, the father - child connection may be more tenuous.

Therefore, children of married parents tend to suffer less poverty and material hardship than children of single or cohabiting parents (U.S. Census Bureau 2000; Smock 2000).

At the same time, Uecker was quick to point out that the association between religious children of married parents, and non-religious children of divorce parents, has typically been overstated in previous studies.

In this study, mortality of children living with cohabiting parents showed no difference from children of married parents.

But it is important to try and understand why the children of married parents do better.

The child who is over the age of majority and from unmarried parents has no prima facie right to child support on the basis of illness or disability, as does the child of married parents.

Children of married parents had a long and now mostly historical advantage over children whose parents were not married.

But look at the actual numbers: 5.7 % for the children of single mothers, compared to 4.5 % for the children of married parents.

There are ways in which the American children of single parents report more positive experiences than the children of married parents.

In the same substance abuse study, for example, the rate for the children of married parents was 4.5 %.

For example, in a study in which 10 - to 14 - year olds were paged at random times and asked to describe (when they were with someone else) how friendly that other person was to them, the children of single parents described friendlier interactions with their parents than did the children of married parents.

When the children of single mothers have higher rates of certain problems than do the children of married parents, often the difference is very small.

Children of divorced parents may have higher levels of separation anxiety issues than children of married parents, according to Spanish research.

On average, children of married parents are physically and mentally healthier, better educated and enjoy more career and marital success.

Child Abuse: While children living with their unmarried biological mother and her live - in boyfriend face a higher risk of suffering child abuse than kids in any other type of family, children who live with their own cohabiting parents are more likely to be abused than children of married parents.

Compared to children of married parents, those with cohabiting parents are more likely to experience the breakup of their families, be exposed to «complex» family forms, live in poverty, suffer abuse, and have negative psychological and educational outcomes.

They were more likely to report feelings of anxiety, loneliness, and sadness and were more prone to low self - esteem when compared to children of married parents.

As if divorcing parents weren't already shouldering enough guilt about how the split might harm their kids, researchers at the University of Toronto are now suggesting that children of divorce are more likely to take up smoking compared to children of married parents — and the numbers are startling.

They suffer more school failure, behavioral problems, drug use, and a greater likelihood of becoming single parents themselves.46 And while many people assume that the children of cohabiting parents will enjoy the same stability and father time as the children of married parents, that is often not the case in the long run.

This statute also applies to situations when the parents are not married; state law holds that a child of unmarried parents is entitled to the same rights and protections as a child of married parents.

Moderation analyses showed that children of cohabiting parents had a greater increase in adjustment problems following parental separation than children of married parents.