Thursday, October 25, 2012

Divorce's Silver Lining for Daughters?

New research suggests that "bad divorces" are more beneficial for daughters than "quiet divorces." Professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, Norval Glenn, and director at the Institute for American Marriage and Families, Elizabeth Marquardt, said that "successful" young adults who have undergone "quiet divorces" still carry internal scars with them. Bad divorces are considered to be preferable to good ones in some areas.
Of their research, the most interesting discovery was that daughters of "bad divorces" were more likely to have a lasting, fulfilling marriage when compared to daughters of "good divorces."
This could be because of the opposite effect which is when a child can see their parents' mistakes and avoid them in their lifetime.
"Good divorces" says psychologist Michael Bradley, "confuses kids." It's more common for children to grasp the idea of a conflicted marriage that leads to divorce.
I think this is a really interesting article and I agree that "good divorces" can possibly confuse children because it's uncommon, but it's only seen in this way because that's the way it's projected into society. "Good divorces" should be embraced because both parties can accept their differences and move on from them in a mature way.

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