Men are `calmest single parents'

COPENHAGEN - New research by Denmark's Social Research Institute says single fathers are less likely to punish their children…

COPENHAGEN - New research by Denmark's Social Research Institute says single fathers are less likely to punish their children than lone mothers.

The daily Berlingske Tidende yesterday said a study of 1,200 children aged between three and five, half living with a single mother and half with only a father, showed the mothers as far more stressed and depressed than the men.

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