Posted on 04/15/2016 6:51:23 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A new study in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics finds that the kids really are all right. Despite the ongoing cultural debate around same-sex parenting, the new study finds the children of same-sex parents are just as healthy emotionally and physically as the children of different-sex parents. […]
The study found that there were no differences in the children when it came to their general health, their emotional difficulties, their coping behaviors and their learning behaviors. What the study found to be more indicative predictors of these behaviors were the relationships between the parents, the parents and child, and parenting stress.
The study did note that lesbian parents seem to exhibit higher levels of parenting stress, which (Dr. Nanette) Gartrell attributed to perceived homophobia. […] The current study only looked at lesbian households, because when households were finally matched and controlled for continuous relationships, there were too few male same-sex households. …
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Bull****. There is a major difference. One has a mother and a father. The other has two fairies.
Riiiiiight.
Children obtained by same sex couples are, by design, children severed from one or both parents, no different than adopted or single-parent-raised children. So, who are they comparing these kids to?
My informed guess it they are using sub-optimal groups as "controls" and then touting "no differences" dishonestly.
That of course is going to reveal nothing about the “different-sex parents” in terms of religious belief, marital status et cetera.
- Parents’ age
- Parents’ level of education
- Whether parents were born in the United States
- Family residence (urban or rural)
- Child’s age
- Child’s race
- Child’s gender
- Whether the child was born in the United States or elsewhere
And I’m sure this “study,” like most queer propaganda pieces, only asked the homosexual parents how their kid was doing. “Just fine, even better than my straight neighbors.”
And that’s accepted as gospel.
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