Well, here's the thing: the single biggest predictor of future criminal behavior in a child is growing up without a father. Not only does this apply across cultures (hitting everyone on Earth) and across species (hitting every other ape, Great and otherwise), but across taxonomic CLASS, as well (affecting elephants and crocodiles, too). What does that mean for children of same-sex couples? I don't know- no one does; there simply haven't been enough yet. What little data there is suggests the effect's not as great. Likewise, there's much less data about what happens to kids who grow up without a mother, since it's so much less common.
But the person who fills the role of a father needn't actually BE one, and while I obviously can't prove it, I will bet you ANYTHING that whatever negative effects would show up can be lessened, if not wiped out completely, by having a strong and frequent extended family presence. I grew up with one, and it's hard to list all the advantages it gave me- and that's just the ones I KNOW about.
u the right people can do well enough to increase the chances for another person to be raised well enough...
and it is about chances and many other factors are involved as well... I've seen great and also awful people (as in siblings, lol) come out from the same household so many times before... and it was never really about the gender of the parents
u My initial reaction to this question was an unqualified no. In all fairness though, I’ve never known anyone raised by a same sex couple so I don’t really know. I’ll reserve judgment. I think when it comes to parenting, it comes down mostly to the couple’s parenting abilities, both individually and collectively. I’ve known plenty of kids who were the product of dysfunctional mom-and-dad parenting, some turned out just fine despite being raised by parents who probably had no business raising kids. Some turned out a mess. In a similar vein, single parents sometimes get a bad rep, but I’ve known a few boys who turned out fine despite no father in the picture. It’s kind of odd that the Andy Griffith show from way back in the day is lauded as one with strong family values, despite it being about a single father raising a son, with the only maternal figure being a great aunt who functioned more as a cook and housekeeper.
I do not support same sex couples parenting a child, so I can’t exactly answer that. but I do feel that a single parent can be both a mom/dad for the child. But i think the child still needs mother/father figures (whichever is absent) around from time to time to be of good influence and give certain talking tos. My dad often wanted to be around me but I kept shutting him out (and still do). He probably feels replaced by my grandpa and uncles. My mom’s boyfriends wanted to play “dad” but i always shunned them. 🤷♀️ My mom was kicked out as a teen but she had aunts and uncles as mother/father figures to fulfill her parents place (until they came back in her life when I was born). Her parents are quite jealous of her relationship with their siblings AND my mom is jealous of my relationship with her parents, but it is what it is.
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Biological relationship, it appears, is both necessary and sufficient to explain the higher risk of emotional problems faced by children with same sex parents.
“Emotional problems were over twice as prevalent for children of the same-sex. Bivariate logistic regression models tested the effects of parent psychological distress, family instability, child peer, child peer stigmatization, and biological parentage, both overall and by opposite-sex family structure.”
In other words, the child can not reconcile their situation when compared to societal structure and the common sense fact that man and woman are biologically engineered for one another in Purpose.
u A woman most commonly is a nurturer and a protector of children. She coddles them and protects them from the harshness of life.
A man is typically a teacher, one who prepares children to handle the world by themselves, who administers some form of discipline when needed, and who encourages the fledglings to spread ther wings and fly.
I don't think one person can fulfill both roles as effectively as can two separate people.
Yes kids can thrive with gay parents and also with single parents too. Really as long as they have someone to love and care for them that's what is most important
If right now I were 6 years old in an orphanage somewhere in this world and highly likely raped/abused/starving or not properly taken care emotionally and physically I would for sure want not even 2 dads and 2 moms but 3 dads or 3 moms if possible. I don’t think someone in that position might be like well I’m 6 now if if I get raised with 2 dads than I will miss a “mom” and whatever.
At the end of the day if they are properly sheltered and ethically raised all is good.
2 Mom have the advantage to carry their own baby but as long as they are loving family that’s good enough.
There's kids that grow up perfectly fine with gay couples and with straight couples. And there are kids who grow messed up with gay couples and straight couples.
So yeah I'd say it works interchangeably. In the end, parenting ability is something you learn and something related to your personality and behaviour, your gender doesn't determine how good a parent you'd be.
I think same sex couples are perfectly capable of raising children but I do think it’s important to have a figure of both sexes to look up to.
Im raising my daughter with a male partner but I make sure she spends plenty of time with her aunts and other female figures. There are just things that I won’t be able to help her with as man. Especially when she gets older, I’m sure she would be more comfortable having a woman to turn to for certain topics
Kids needs supervisor that will give them safety and love. Give them structure, teach them good values. And to do that the supervisor don't even need to be their parents even. The only part that matters truly is what i mentioned here. Be there for them, help them grow. To parent don't necessarily mean you are their parent. It's a action more then anything. It's a role you took on yourselves if we talk in action/act and not biologically.
Ahh No in most cases. The problem isn't mom and dad.
The problem is the difference in personality traits of men and women.
For example- Love and Care is associated as feminine, whilst Strictness, Aggression and tough love is associated as masculine.
That's because that's what is more pronounced in the respective gender on average.
So, in short, a child needs both ends of the spectrum in their parents to grow up in a healthy environment
The problem is with people, most people make impulsive decisions with their partners, rather than finding someone who in brief is a yung to their yang, whej it comes to certain personality traits.
Your photo explains my neighbors situations. I live next to a 2 dad family. They are like any family, just 2 dads. I think it’s fine. Maybe not ideal, and used to think it can’t work, but I think it does work
No, they are not.
Generally, women are more necessary when the kid is around 10 and under. After that, a man is absolutely necessary. His job is simple, it's basically, try and keep the daughter a virgin for as long as possible by protecting her from men, and for their sons, it's basically keeping them out of jail and impregnating a girl.
I voted Yes but I was raised by a mom and a dad (well, they’re getting divorced rn) so I have no experience with being raised by two moms or two dads
Optimally, no. But I am not against it. Too many kids in the foster care system some mom ditched in a hospital, but some adopted parent needs to jump through fiery hoops to give a better life. Who does not respect a person who puts time into a child? That child is worth it.
i don't think it really matters about the GENDER but what traits are typically attributed to the mum/dad, like a caring loving mum and a fun dad etc, as long as you raise a kid with good values it shouldn't matter what gender the parent is
plenty of people grow up with divorced/single/gay parents and turn out perfectly fine
Children need both. Statistically a child who has both their mother and their father in their life will be better off than a child from a single mother home..
For the most part, yes. However, if the child is the sex of the altered parent (i. e., two dads and a daughter) will have a hard time getting that gender's perspective unless there is a close aunt or uncle that can fill in.
No any psychologist worth their salt will tell you either mom and dad or just dad
check stats for the type of people single mothers raise : criminals, rapist, drug addicts, runaways, suicide, and single mothers
( naturally single mothers raise single mothers)
Women can't teach boys how to be men and vise versa
Doesn't matter.
A child that comes from good resources will always benefit more than a child from a low resource household. The parental unit doesn't matter.
I don't know anything about this but I do know what's between your legs actually in irrelevant. It has more to do with people's conditioning.
probably, from what I've seen, there's generally more of a male/female energy. kids just need to know they are loved, supported, and receive guidance.
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