Lizzie, I agree about the parenting stats...I feel really strongly about the issue of parenting and the impact it has on the children... I think it may have been on Oprah/Dr Phil (or some other daytime thing) where they were saying that the children pick up on how the parents treat themselves and mimic this behaviour in life, in the relationships they form with others.. so if the children see mom and dad have a loving and wonderful relationship, then their relationships with the opposite sex will be the same.. if they see one of their parents dominating the other, then that will be the 'norm' for their relationships (this happened in my first marriage and one of the reasons why I didn't have children with the ex).