A new study conducted here in Florida finds that girls perform better academically after their parents in turbulent marriages divorce.
The people behind the study believe that bitter fighting between parents adversely affects girls worse than divorce does.
Boys, however, did not benefit academically from divorce under similar circumstances.
Boys appear to suffer more from the loss of the father in the household, and often act out after their parents separate.
Read more in this Gainesville Sun article: Are girls better off if parents divorce?