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"I live with my dad": Holly Bunyard's parents are divorced, and, unlike most kids in her situation, she calls her father's house her home.(family)(Cover story)

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After Holly Bunyard's parents split up, she first lived with her mother. But tension with her mom--mostly over her mom's new boyfriend--led to problems, and when Holly's grades dipped last fall, she moved in with her father.

"There was just too much stress with my morn," Holly, a 16-year-old .who lives in Acorn, Arkansas, tells Choices. "Things are a lot more relaxed for me here at Dad's. It's quiet. I'm not stressed out, and my grades are back up."

Holly and her dad are part of a national trend. More and more kids are living in families led by single fathers. Although the number of these families is still small, households led by single ...

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