SOC 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Coparenting
Document Summary
Divorce associated with cognitive, social, and emotional problems in children. Divorce as a process (and multiple transitions) Period of difficulty that"s a year or two. Mechanisms linking divorce to poor outcomes in children. Half of the negative effects are due to the income. Couples in bad marriages who stay married. Bottom line: selection matters, but strong evidence that divorce causes worse outcomes. Almost all kids experience intense emotional during or after divorce. After a year or two, most kids resume normal function. Small minority of kids, they do not bounce back and it"s hard for them (they experience it their whole lives) Theory suggests remarriage may improve child wellbeing. 1 income household to 2 income household. Addition of a parent in the home. Engage with child and monitor them and parenting them. But, on average, remarriage does not improve child wellbeing. Children living in step-families normally do no better than children living in.
