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originally posted by: markosity1973
a reply to: ketsuko
You say all of that, but there are a lot of single parent families that don't provide what you speak of.
There are also many mixed families where dad or mum are not the biological parent. Some of these parents are not very nice.
I would argue that most of those children grow up fine.
Look around, the heterosexual family unit is seldom the ideal model you put forward. And none of the situations I raised are the fault of gay people.
Put simply, divorce, mixed families and single parents are not the fault if the gay community.
originally posted by: ketsuko
I did say two parents is best. And I blamed nothing on gay parents. Btw, that gay community are not immune to divorce, mixed families and single parents or issues of domestic abuse anymore than heterosexual families are, so we can remove those arguments from the table. Neither side is immune, so neither can claim a high ground.
But the best chance is two parents of opposite gender and I explained why. My reason has nothing to do with immunity to any of your issues, but has everything to do with the composition of the family and what children learn from it.
As for "most" of those children turning out fine, stats would argue that if your number is "most," even more kids in stable, two parent families composed of their original mother and father do better. Sorry, but the numbers are on my side in this.
Or, a child growing up in an ideal single parent situation has less of a chance of growing up fine than a child in an ideal two parent situation has less of a chance of turning out fine than a child growing up in an ideal two parent, male/female original mommy/daddy situation.
One study into the health and wellbeing of children in Australian LGBT parented families has recently commenced and only preliminary data and information about the study were available at the time of writing (Crouch, Waters, McNair, Power, & Davis, 2012, Crouch, 2013). The Australian Study of Child Health in Same-Sex Families (ACHESS) based at the University of Melbourne has collected data on 500 children aged 0-17 years from 315 LGBT parents. The study is based on self-report data from parents and children, and utilised the Child Health Questionnaire and the Infant and Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire. For 80% of the children a female parent completed the survey, 18% were completed by a male parent, and 2% were completed by an other-gendered parent . On measures of general health and family cohesion children aged 5 to 17 years with same-sex attracted parents had significantly better scores when compared to Australian children from all other backgrounds and family contexts.]/b] For all other health measures there were no statistically significant differences. These preliminary findings indicate Australian children with same-sex attracted parents are developing wel l
I am simply trying to say stop calling us less that you. because we can do just as good a job of having committed relationships and raising kids where it happens.
originally posted by: ArnoldNonymous
a reply to: GoShredAK
I just want to say good for you in this thread. Reading your OP, I knew you were opening up a can of worms.
I can easily tell from your replies to others that you don't intend harm and are simply stating your view and perspective. The attacks on you are numerous, but you are obviously at peace with whatever others might say.
Let others be enraged by words on the internet.
I applaud you for having peace in your heart. Few can say they have that.
originally posted by: markosity1973
a reply to: ThirdEyeofHorus
You can have your free speech, but you are paranoid and you are wrong.
Have a nice night
originally posted by: Darth_Prime
We don't want happy families?
As long as it's not an underaged child, you religious fools should mind your own business.
originally posted by: Darth_Prime
a reply to: markosity1973
Yeah, lets talk about our Families, our Heterosexual parents.. Both of them 1 Man 1 Woman, both Religious.. lets talk about the Happy life we lived with a "Normal Family" that was "Done Right"