Father-Child Relationship is Strengthened by Equal Overnight Time.
Parents Have Better Relationships With Their Children Under Equal Overnight Time
Couples with children who end up divorcing know that parenting time is often a source of contention. Historically, mothers were often awarded more time with the children, especially when it came to overnights.
However, new research may make these types of arrangements a thing of the past.
A recent study published in the American Psychological Association Journal Psychology, Public Policy and Law, Vol 23(1), Feb 2017, 68-84.that young children who spend equal overnight time with both divorced parents have better relationships with them in the future. Click here to read the study.
William V. Fabricius and Go Woon Suh surveyed students whose parents divorced or separated before they were 2 years old.
The results showed that the more equal overnight time the child spent with the parent at a young age, the better their relationship was as they got older. Researchers also found that spending the night was especially critical when the child was a toddler, as no number of overnights later-on could compensate for the bond established at this age.
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