Psychologists Jaffee, Moffitt, Caspi, and Taylor conducted a substantial study from which they conclude that “children who are raised from birth in two-parent families have better cognitive and behavior outcomes compared with children who have ever lived in single-parent families,” while also …show more content…
Therefore, Lázaro never gets the opportunity to experience true unconditional love. Unconditional love is the kind of love that never leaves or changes no matter what. When an individual experiences and knows that he is loved unconditionally, he generally acts in a reflective manner. There is a serious psychological effect on children, and has even other organisms such as primates, when love and tender touch is not accessible in the developmental years of life, which appears to be the case with Lázaro. Furthermore, there is a correlation between youth who grow up without a loving and attentive family and criminal