Do children do better in a two parent home?

Answer 1

yes yes yes!
take it from me.
im 15 and my parents have been split up since i was like 11.
its terrible.
my grades dropped and
i have to worry about everything i say to the other parent.
its just really hard because you love the both and then you live with one parent and you dont really want to live with them.
and
for a long time youll just go home and cry.
and
just alot of things change and happen.
and it makes your life C.R.A.P.P.Y!

Answer 2

I think it would depend on the home!! If there is stress & fighting, NO!! If the two parents are loving & warm to each other & the children, supportive, comfortable & enjoy being together, YES!
If there is drinking & drugs, NO!!
If the parents are only concerned with themselves & what "THEY" want & what "THEY" want to do, NO!!
I feel that children can do just as well in a one parent home IF the one parent is loving, supportive & concerned with what is best for the children. I have a friend whose husband passed away & left her with two kids. It took a long time to pull things together & get a firm grip on ther lives again, but she is managing just fine. The kids are healthy & happy. They are both doing well in school & with their chosen activities. Her husband had enough insurance, etc. so she will not have to work if she chooses not to & the kids have college funds. It may not be that way with everyone, I realize that , but I think is DOES depend upon the environment, whether it is a two parent home or a single.

Answer 3

It totally depends on the parents and how they treat each other. Most of the time, if the parents are miserable with each other, they don't have as much patience and energy for the children. It's draining to be in a bad relationship and it's a bad model for the children.

If the parents get along and love each other, then the children feel more secure and the parents can work as a team in raising the kids.

I don't believe in trying to make it work for the kids' sake if the relationship is a constant struggle. The kids can sense the tension and usually suffer as a consequence.

Answer 4

Yes. Kids pick things up alot better than we give them credit for. If a child grows up seeing their mother or father unmarried for any number of reasons (excluding death, which no one can control; and adoption, which is a choice of love...and a completely different issue.) then the child will assume that it is perfectly fine to do just that. Marry as a trend. Not saying they will, but subconsciously, they can and will tune into that.

Also, if there is only one gender figure in the family, it makes it difficult for the child to cope with a different gender role model. Lack of father figure can create a lack of respect or a sense of responsibility which young children should not have to burden themselves with. Lack of mother takes from emotions. There is no one to comfort and calm. Children become hardened.

I'm not saying that will happen with all children. But it is a large possibility. In addition, the child will feel unwanted by the missing parent. Even if that is not the case.

It is much, MUCH better for two parents to be involved.

Answer 5

I don't believe this is true. I feel as long as the parent they are living with is responsible and takes care of their needs, there is not a problem.

Most people would argue that the child would most often be left at a sitters while the parent is working. But, in today's "real world," both parents work, if there are two parents in the home, anyway.

The day of Mom staying home with the children is long gone.

Answer 6

Children do best in a well-balanced, loving attentive environment. They benefit from having good male and female role-models. In an ideal world, this would come from a strong, mutually supportive father and mother......but we don't live in an ideal world...and such a partnership relies on good judgement and a great deal of luck. Unfortunately.....its like winning a lottery.

But thats not to say that if that situation doesn't exist, then the child will be disadvantaged.

I feel I have benefitted from having 2 families (well....1 family for me....just conjoined....like siamese twins!). I have learnt, and gained much from this situation, that I would never have benefitted from should my parents have remained together. I feel enriched by my "broken home" and "less than perfect" upbringing, due to the love, care, respect and maturity of my parents, step-parents...and very close step-brothers and sisters.

Children (and adults!) need nothing more than love, support, respect and security....in whichever form it may arrive.

Good luck to you....and anyone else reading this. I hope you are as blessed as I have been. x

Answer 7

It depends. With 2 parents that love each other and get along, it's better than just one parent. If people stay together just for the kids, it's terrible. Living with one parent, while keeping contact with the other would work better then. It's also important for the 2 parents to not talk bad about the other to the kids.

Answer 8

It depends on what kind of parent it is. I know a family with two children and One of the parents are moving because the kids can't stand their father. I feel that in this situation, one parent is way better than two.

Answer 9

it depends on the parents' relationship. if the parents are happy and loving, then the children should do quite well. But if the parents are unhappy and fight, then sometimes it is better for the child to see the parents separately. it is very important for children to grow up in a stress-free, relaxed, loving, caring, happy environment. sometimes that cannot be achieved in a two-parent home.

Answer 10

I think it depends. If the parents have a great marriage and aren't fighting, then sure. But if they are always screaming at each other and arguing? No.

I'll never understand people staying together gor "the sake of the children". Kids are by no means stupid. They know when their parents are fighting and not getting along. Don't they understand that a kid would rather be raised in a calm, quiet household with one parent than with two who constantly fight.

Answer 11

In my case... My son is better off living with just me. I know that when he is with me he gets healthier food, learns more, is paid attention to, etc.... I don't think that if my ex and I were still together that my son would learn how to live in a healthy relationship.

I do on the other hand believe that a child with 2 parents are better off. Only because having 2 parents loving and caring for them is wonderful. But when it is 2 parents caring about who is right and fighting with the other parent, a child doesn't feel loved.