"For some parents, elective co-parenting is plan B, while for others the appeal is shared parental responsibilities with more freedom and equality," said Sarah Foley, one of the study's authors. "Some parents felt co-parenting could offer greater stability than parenting within a romantic relationship, as the latter could end in divorce."
The researchers administered questionnaires to 13 elective co-parent families where the parents met online, and 10 where the parents knew each other previously. Children in the families ranged from 3 months to 11 years old.
Based on the results published in Reproductive Biomedicine Online, it seems that this alternative family dynamic functions just as well as the nuclear family.
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