A current story in Psychology Today suggests young victims of acrimonious marriages fare better in divorce. That conclusion is drawn by University of Nebraska sociologist Paul Amato, who tracked 2,000 families for 20 years. Children hit hardest by divorce, he says, are those in superficially solid marriages where hostility is not overt. Low-conflict divorce shatters kids' sense of trust, creating psychological distress as they grow older, he says in Psychology Today. They have trouble forming relationships on their own and are particularly unhappy as adults.
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