It is easy to misinterpret and misunderstand facts about divorce. To begin with, much of the media that informs us is American. As a result, we often accept American facts and erroneously apply them to the Canadian situation. We do have to separate Canadian from American facts. Second, official statistics about divorce are sometimes confusing and erroneously interpreted, even by a few scientists themselves. And, third, when research information and official statistics are published, radio, …showed first 75 words of 1403 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1403 total…some European societies, particularly the Netherlands and Sweden, the social safety net compensates greatly so that single-mother families have a (low) rate of poverty similar to that of two-parent families, around 7%. The negative consequences of divorce for children do not disappear entirely but are definitely less pronounced than they are in Canada and the United States. REFERENCES: Divorce & Effects , prepared by Dr. Anne-Marie Ambert, York University, for the Vanier Institute of the Family, 1998.