Christian Family Services Ministry

1-17-2017 – A Word to the Wise: Some may think that remarriage is a good alternative, but the statistics do not bear this out. In a national survey looking at achievement and health problems of stepfamilies, it was discovered that children in stepfamilies show an elevated risk of maladjustment and school failure. In fact, the incidence of emotional or behavior problems for children aged 3-17 in a home with their biological parents was only 8.3 percent; however, the incidence of these problems was 19.1 percent in a single-parent mother family and 23.6 percent in a mother-stepfather family structure.