Sentences with phrase «such high divorce rates»

There is no fully satisfactory solution to this, and it is one reason blended families do not function so well (and have such high divorce rates).

There is no fully satisfactory solution to this, and it is one reason blended families do not function so well (and have such high divorce rates), especially if the father spends time with his prior children in activities that by the father's choice or of necessity exclude his later - born children or wife.

These days, with such a high divorce rate in particular, to be dating in your 40s or 50s is normal.

Not exact matches

The New York Times spoke to a number of experts on the topic, who cited social changes — such as higher divorce rates — and the economic downturn as possible reasons for the increase in suicide rates overall.

More mothers are going back to paid work, many more homes are dual - income households, and the increase in lone - parent families, rising divorce rates, the introduction of flexible working hours and greater awareness of fathers» rights brought about by the high - profile stunts of groups such as Fathers4Justice have contributed to a tectonic shift in attitudes towards family responsibilities.

In a 2005 study of 454 undergraduates, psychologist Sari Gold of Temple University and her colleagues revealed that students who had experienced nontraumatic stressors, such as serious illness in a loved one, divorce of their parents, relationship problems or imprisonment of someone close to them, reported even higher rates of PTSD symptoms than did students who had lived through bona fide trauma.

If you're wondering why the people who live here are in such high spirits, it's probably because they have the lowest divorce rate in our rankings, spend the least amount of their income on housing and earn the biggest median paycheck, at nearly $ 108,000.

For example, some have found significant differences between children with divorced and continuously married parents even after controlling for personality traits such as depression and antisocial behavior in parents.59 Others have found higher rates of problems among children with single parents, using statistical methods that adjust for unmeasured variables that, in principle, should include parents» personality traits as well as many genetic influences.60 And a few studies have found that the link between parental divorce and children's problems is similar for adopted and biological children — a finding that can not be explained by genetic transmission.61 Another study, based on a large sample of twins, found that growing up in a single - parent family predicted depression in adulthood even with genetic resemblance controlled statistically.62 Although some degree of selection still may be operating, the weight of the evidence strongly suggests that growing up without two biological parents in the home increases children's risk of a variety of cognitive, emotional, and social problems.

With such a high rate of divorce, it's easy to wonder why so many unions don't work out.

The divorce rate begins at 50 % and goes up dramatically in marriages with high - stress occupations such as military deployment.

So then why do we continue to see such a high trend in divorce rates?

These findings starkly contrast with the claims of some that to turn back high rates of divorce, we should return to the male breadwinner family idealized during the 1950s and 60s in such television programs as «Father Knows Best» and «Leave it to Beaver.»

Adults with ADHD are reported to have much impairment in the form of repeated life failures such as academic underachievement, frequent job changes, marital breakdown and high rates of divorce [4, 41].