22SP_SO205A-Sociology of the Family

I personally believe that having two parents and the fathers involvement effects a child's health the most. Of course having a better socioeconomic status causes for less stress and less arguments in families every day lives and it can lead to more educational and life opportunities, but I personally believe that a real source to happiness is having a loving family. Like Elijah said, even a kid with a higher socioeconomic status can still have a neglectful father and cause stress and bad mental health. I personally do not have any externalizing or internalizing behaviors or stress due to family problems but I do know some people that do. One example being my friend that I talked about last week in my divorce example. He has a lot of phycological stress, such as depression and anxiety due to his father recently not being in his life.