https://www.mdrc.org/publication/effects-marriage-and-divorce-families-and-children https://www.mdrc.org/publication/effects-marriage-and-divorc... First, chil

https://www.mdrc.org/publication/effects-marriage-and-divorce-families-and-children https://www.mdrc.org/publication/effects-marriage-and-divorc... First, children who grow up in an intact, two-parent family with both biological parents present do better on a wide range of outcomes than children who grow up in a single-parent family. Single parenthood is not the only, nor even the most important, cause of the higher rates of school dropout, teenage pregnancy, juvenile delinquency, or other negative outcomes we see; but it does contribute independently to these problems. Neither does single parenthood guarantee that children will not succeed; many, if not most, children who grow up in a single-parent household do succeed. That, coupled to the fact that marriage improves stability. You have less incentives to overcome disagreements and other issues if not bound by law.