Can an unhappy marriage make a parent lean emotionally on a child? What this psychology study found
Family life rarely stays neatly divided into separate compartments. When a marriage becomes emotionally strained, the effects often ripple through the rest of the household, including the bond between parent and child. A study by Chrystyna D. Kouros, Lauren M. Papp, Marcie C. Goeke-Morey and E. Mark Cummings, “Spillover between Marital Quality and Parent-child Relationship…