The psychological impact of single parenting (states, percent, children, work)

[Darkatt]

I personally wished that I had been able to bring up MY children in a 2 parent household. Unfortunately it wasn't to be. I did the best I could, in retrospect, there are a lot of things I wished I had done differently.

The psychological impact of single parenting | Fox News

A new focus of psychiatry and psychology should be dedicated to understanding the impact of single parenthood on children—and trying to minimize the damage. About 41 percent of births in the United States now occur outside the context of marriage. That’s up from 17 percent three decades ago.

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Originally Posted by Darkatt

I personally wished that I had been able to bring up MY children in a 2 parent household. Unfortunately it wasn't to be. I did the best I could, in retrospect, there are a lot of things I wished I had done differently

I'm pretty sure your kids are quite happy that you and your wife divorced. It would have been a lot worse to "stay together for the sake of the kids".