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Parents were less knowledgeable about their children's experiences, whereabouts and activities when fathers' jobs were highly demanding and when they had younger boys or were less happily married.
--Source: Bumpus, Crouter, McHale; "Work Demands for Dual -Earner couples: Implications for Parents Knowledge about Children's Daily Lives in Middle Childhood", Journal of Marriage & Family, 1999

Adoptive parents are less likely to divorce.
--Source: National Committee for Adoption, Unmarried Parents Today, June 1995

"Stepchildren whose biological fathers frequently interact with them and have a great deal of input are those whose relationships with their stepfathers are more likely to be poor when the stepfather strongly demands conformity."
--Source: McDonald & Demaris, "Stepfather-Stepchild Relationship Quality; The Stepfather's Demand for Conformity and the Biological Father's Involvement"; Journal of Family Issues, January 2002