In Western countries, where there is a higher rate of acceptance of such families, recent research has shown that the children of single-parents have no more psychological problems or difficulties adapting socially than children of two-parent homes.
反觀對單親家庭接受度高的歐美社會，近幾年來的研究顯示，單親兒童無論在心理或社會適應上與雙親兒童並無差別。