Daily Mail 27th February 2011
Having parents split up is worse for a child\’s happiness than not having money, a major multi-million pound study has suggested. In findings which may prove a comfort to every parent confronted with \’pester power\’ at the till, the Understanding Society project found that not living with both natural parents adversely affected a child\’s \’life satisfaction\’ more than the household\’s material situation. In fact, neither poverty or wealth influences happiness, according to the research – although the more siblings they have, the unhappier they are.
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