Shacking Up, Destroying the Family

[From article]
"“Children in stepfamilies,” according to the study, “are more likely to experience school failure, delinquency, teenage pregnancy, and incarceration than children growing up in intact, married families.”
[. . .]
One of the more disturbing is that children in cohabiting households are more likely to be abused than children both in intact, married families and single-parent families."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_high_price_of_shacking_up_H7jb8qrxUzwvfZ1hTe0y4M

The high price of shacking up
Rich Lowry
New York Post
Last Updated: 4:08 AM, August 26, 2011
Posted: 9:57 PM, August 25, 2011