Research on the impact of divorce on children suggests that
a. children whose parents divorce fare more poorly than children from intact homes in school achievement and adjustment.
b. girls are more likely than boys to have harmful effects.
c. divorce is most harmful when it occurs during children's preschool years.
d. children who are temperamentally emotional are impacted less by divorce.
a
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