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November 15th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Mahdi, 10, with his mum Farida Hosseini at Northfield Primary School.
Source: The Advertiser
CHILDREN of married parents perform better socially and at school than their peers, a report has found.
The Australian Institute of Family Studies report says marriage has a positive effect on a child’s learning and development because married couples tend to be better educated, are more likely to be employed and have a better financial base.
“Parents in de facto relationships are more likely to separate than married families and that is shown to have an impact on a child’s development,” co-author Lixia Qu said.
“A child’s wellbeing and behaviour and cognitive development can be affected by a separation, particularly when there is arguing, violence or other issues.
Ms Qu said married couples had a more consistent approach to setting behavioural examples and their children interacted better with others.
Her team collected data from nearly 5000 Australian children, from the time they were aged about four to nine.
They found 31 per cent of the married mothers had a university degree or higher level of education compared with 15 per cent of single and cohabiting mothers, who tended to have children at a younger age.
She said a family’s financial circumstances were “clearly very important for the wellbeing of the children”.
“De facto parent families were slightly worse off financially than married parent families but slightly better off than families headed by single mothers.”
MS Qu said the gap between single mothers and their married counterparts had widened over the time of the study.
“Bringing up children is a hard job and on your own it’s even harder because you don’t have another person there for support, financially or emotionally.”
Northfield Primary School assistant principal Lee Scaife said single parents of students tended to invest time in helping their children achieve.
Year 4 student Mahdi, 10, came to Australia from Afghanistan with his mother, Farida Hosseini, and his two younger sisters in 2009.
Mr Scaife said Mahdi was a school ambassador and confident child with potential leadership qualities.
Mahdi said his mother helped him grow up. “I love going to school, I like my teachers and learning,” he said.
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