Quote Originally Posted by rolfard View Post
Recent studies show children raised in a loveless home "for the benefit of the child" have more unintended consequences than expected. While statistics may indicate children in two parent homes do better, that doesn't actually show how a bad marriage can have more bad than good happen to the child.

Here's one (of many) recent articles on the matter;

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...e-kids-divorce

Statistics don't always provide the whole story, for example statistically you'll never die from food poison if you never eat food. It's 100 percent true.
It normalizes bad relationships for children. They see their parents acts a certain way towards each other and they think that is the norm.