A new article at GreatDad.com reports that a study by the State University of New York, Buffalo claims to have found a link between having a child with ADHD and higher divorce rates. The study claims that:
23 percent of these moms and dads had ended their marriage by the time their child had turned eight.
In comparison, among parents who did not have an ADHD child but had similar backgrounds, only 13 percent of marriages had ended in divorce by this point.
It seems that this is a Dad-centric thing. So apparently more fatehers are ending the realtionship than mothers? The suggestion is to get more involved with sports and your child…. So cliche.
I wonder if this is an intentional stereotype or if American men are simply conditioned to associate sports and togetherness?
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I think the article referenced the Buffalo study as one way for dads to be active parents with their kids. I’m not at all a “sports dad,” but I’m all for finding common ground with dads and kids so they spend more time together. That goes equally well for moms, who also sometimes aren’t as involved as they need to be. While many Americans do look to sports as an ideal father/son and daughter activity, there are plenty of plenty of us other dads who enjoy the theatre, trips to the zoo and an afternoon of kite-flying as other alternatives.