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In general, how likely are children whose parent's divorce to have problems?
It is important to note that while divorce increases
children's risk for a variety of problems, not all
children who experience divorce have problems. Children
of divorce are twice as likely as children living in
non-divorced families to experience difficulties.
Roughly 20% to 25% of these children will have problems.
Another way of saying this is that 75% to 80% will not
experience these difficulties. In other words, while
children of divorce are at greater risk, most will not
have major problems.
Robert Hughes, Jr., Ph.D., Former Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri
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