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« Children's Museum redesign | Main | Preventing Youth Violence » Monday, April 2, 2007Divorced parents and datingThere may be more US adults living together without getting married, but think twice -- actually, make them three, four or more times -- if you're a divorced parent considering it. Professioanls who work with children have said repeatedly over the years that children of divorce suffer when parents have a revolving door of partners, even if a partner moves in and stays for an extended period. New studies continue to affirm that thinking. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, in a paper published this month in Americal Sociological Review, conclude that the more transitions children go through in terms of people who come in and out of their lives, the more likely they are to act out. Nobody's saying divorced parents can't date at all (phew!), just that you need to be thoughtful about how you go about it. Posted by Barbara Meltz at 01:04 PM
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