CDC: Children In Two Parent Families See Less Trauma

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The Centers for Disease Control has released a report that says children who are raised in the biological home of their mother and father have much less trauma than children in one-parent homes or in foster care.

The study looked at a variety of traumatic experiences including divorce, death of a parent, alcohol or drug problems or suffered racial discrimination.

The report shows that 70 percent of children raised in the home of their biological parents had no adverse family experiences compared to 21.7 percent of single parent homes and 18.7 of those raised by no biological parents.

The information from the National Survey of Children’s Health shows that of the children who experienced trauma, those in the homes of biological parents saw much less extremes.

In the case of drug or alcohol problems, only 4 percent of children with their mother and father saw that problem compared to 18.9 percent in single parent homes and 42.2 percent in foster care.

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