Researchers from United Kingdom's NatCen Social Research found family composition has “no
significant effect” on the happiness of children. Rather, it is the
quality of relationships at home which are most strongly linked to a
child’s well-being.
The results challenge the popular conception that children in two-parent
families are more likely to be stable and content than those raised in
“broken” homes.
Researchers analysed data from the Millennium Cohort Study, which was
made up of 12,877 children aged seven, in 2008, from across the UK. The
children came from three family types: those living with two biological
parents; those living with a step-parent and a biological parent; and
those with just a single parent.
Jenny Chanfreau, a senior researcher at NatCen, said that a “happy,
harmonious family dynamic” was crucial for child happiness, adding:
“It’s the quality of the relationships in the home that matters, not the
family composition.”
The study’s findings contradict previous research which indicates that
family division is likely to have a detrimental effect on children.
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