
Children's Rights - Katy Faust | Maiden Mother Matriarch 22
Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry
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The Cinderella Effect
The idea that children are disadvantaged by unrelated adults is so prevalent, evolutionary biologists have a term for it: The Cinderella effect. Some studies have found that the presence of a cohabiting adult is one of the leading predictors of child abuse. "If you think that you can just swap any adult into a child's life and they're going to fare no different," he says.
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