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A new study explored how parents' divorce affects early child development.

Data from more than 62,000 children aged 3 to 5 years, as well as their families, were analyzed.

Children from divorced families showed slower development than children from intact families.

More research into how to support children from divorced families better is needed.

A divorce is seldom easy—not for the couple that divorces, but also not for their children (if they have any). However, past psychological research on how divorce affects children’s development was often conducted in small cohorts of volunteers and showed conflicting results. Moreover, it typically focused on older children. Therefore, large studies in younger children are needed to get robust and trustworthy insights on how divor

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