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Someone without such a big ax to grind might also look into a comparison of statistics for children raised by one or two nonbiological parents, such as adoptees and stepparents, and compare them with children raised by two biological parents in deeply unhappy and/or abusive relationships.
Grass-roots networks designed to protect women in abusive marriages can sometimes keep innocent fathers from their kids.
But most have no financial resources, which is why so many remain in abusive situations for years.
Doug Linkhart to combat "abusive home loan practices."
For example, we know that single parents have almost double the risk of being abusive, poor families almost 16 times the likelihood.