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What children want most is a ban on divorce, says poll
Marital splits were also named the second-worst thing in the world in the survey of under-10s, behind being fat.
The annual survey of 1,600 youngsters found X Factor judge Simon Cowell was more famous than God or Her Majesty the Queen and that the very best things in the world are 'good looks'.
Asked what rules they would make if they were king or queen of the world, most children replied they would ban divorce – the first time it has come at the top of the list.
Bullying would also be banned and has risen to the number two slot from number three last year and number five the year before.
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Study shows Canada's divorce rates have declined
THE VANIER Institute of the Family has released a study that shows divorce rates in Canada have declined markedly since the 1990s.
Divorce rates peaked in 1987, according to the study, entitled Divorce: Facts, Causes and Consequences. Rates declined steadily until 1997, and have held at the lower level since then. The study shows rates of conjugal violence also declined between 1993 and 2004.
Yet about one third of divorces involve the dissolution of marriages that might be categorized as average to good, the study says. "Studies also indicate that a sizeable proportion of marriages that end in divorce were actually quite 'salvageable,' even happy, and that many ex-spouses are not better off after."
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