Forget the Cinderella effect: stepparents are just as likely to kill their biological children as their stepchildren
By Tim O’Mahony Operations Manager at Kexue Communications, [http://www.kexuecommunications.com](http://www.kexuecommunications.com) Researchers have known since the early 1970s that children in stepfamilies are at greater risk of child abuse and murder (Fergusson, Fleming & O’Neill, 1972). A team of Swedish researchers has found that parents in stepfamilies are equally likely to kill their biological children as they […]