Do Good Partners Make Good Parents? Relationship Quality and Parenting in Married and Unmarried Families

Author: Marcia Carlson, Sara McLanahan Publisher: Center for Research on Child Wellbeing Publication: Working Paper #02-16-FF Document Date:                  Revised June 2004 Category: Family Relations > Emotional Support Related Categories: Children > Cognitive Development Family Relations > Parent/Adult Child Relations Family Relations > Parental Conflict Family Structure > Parental Marital Status Marriage > Marital Conflict Marriage > Marriage Parenthood/Childrearing > Discipline Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Involvement Parenthood/Childrearing > Parenting Style   This study demonstrates that positive mother-father relationships are associated with higher quality parent-child relationships.  This association was observed for both married and unmarried parents, and was especially pronounced among fathers. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link