> On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Scottie Bowman wrote: > > > > > How about the little three year old girl & what the hard, > > unavoidable statistics say about the children of divorced > > parents? What about her burning pain? Scottie, what do the stats say -- off hand -- about the success of children with step-parents as opposed to those who's parents probably should have gotten a divorce? Is there any data, or better yet information, on the benefits of having a loving step-father/mother? Also, do you know anything about the ability of step-fathers to emotionally attach to their step-kids? Just asking, because you're the resident head-doctor and might be privy to this. -j