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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Is growing up in a two parent household still beneficial if the parents are only staying together for the kid's sake?
gpt
It would depend on the level of conflict in the household.  A distressed household (parents fighting, abuse, drug or alcohol problems- things that are some of the major causes of divorce) with two parents is not better for children.  A house where people get along as friends but don't passionately love each other, but can coparent, is probably better for children than growing up in a divorced family.  

Since top level things are supposed to have a cite, the most recent version of Families in Transition edited by Skolnick has a chapter on divorce and why it can be a good thing sometimes.