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There's a lot of confounding variables here. Divorce could be a symptom of an underlying cause which could be the actual reason why kids do worse. Or it could b
by ppsreejith 3y ago
There's a lot of confounding variables here. Divorce could be a symptom of an underlying cause which could be the actual reason why kids do worse. Or it could be that when people pool their resources, it creates a more stable home (in resources and labor) and stable homes are a stronger cause.
Re:stable homes, it'd be interesting to envision whether non-nuclear family structures would be more stable. Maybe matrilineal/ matrilocal cultures (even if they're patriarchal) where children of a family are those born to it's women (more stable family since you don't divorce your siblings/mom, much freer relationships, paternity maybe unknown etc). The book Sex a
At Dawn (controversial book!) explores these ideas.
- anon291 3y agoComing from a culture that embraces extended family I'll tell you that divorces within the family fracture the family worse than anything. On its own marriage extends your family because two extended families become one. Divorce ruins the whole thing. It's even worse the more relatives you have. More people are affected. Extended families are stable because the social pressure to remain married is impossible to overcome for most people. Most Americans have no idea how oppressive a full extended family can feel and simply think it's all unicorns and rainbows. It's not.
- ppsreejith 3y agoAgree that divorce in extended families can be worse. I was making the (additional) claim that matrilocality & children being raised by woman's family can make families more stable (i.e divorce resistant).