Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfhylwyr View Post
Look... it is well known that there is a strong link between broken families, and kids that get into trouble with things ranging from drugs, poor academic performance, child abuse, gang violence, lack of social mobility etc.
A) What exactly is a broken family?

B) I'm not exactly sure which correlation you claim to be "common knowledge". Divorce causing child abuse? Divorce leading to gang violence? And in which context do you claim this to be true? Only for the lower classes? And what are you comparing? Children with divorced parents with children who never experienced divorce? Wouldn't it be more sensible to take only families who experienced a servere conflict between the parents and compare children of these families whose parents divorced (Group 1) or stayed together despite the problems (Group 2)?

This is common knowledge and indeed common sense, although I will look up the links if you insist.
I do indeed insist. Though maybe my disagreement may be solved when I understand better what you mean with "broken family".

BTW there were enough cultures where children were not raised by both parents but e.g. by the mother and her brothers and sisters. How can you be sure that the two biological parent model is superior?