Calif. Supreme Court rejects gay marriage ban

[Hearsay]

It does not matter whether a child is raised by a homosexual or heterosexual couple. All that matters is that the family is a loving and nurturing family.

 

No, not according to statistics.

[halfback20]

No, not according to statistics.

 

The studies I've seen say otherwise.

[halfback20]

Kids Of Same-Sex Parents Do Fine

 

(WebMD) Children growing up in same-sex parental households do not necessarily have differences in self-esteem, gender identity, or emotional problems from children growing up in heterosexual parent homes.

 

"There are a lot of children with at least one gay or lesbian parent," says Ellen C. Perrin, MD, professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. She revealed the findings at the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference and Exhibition.

 

Between one million and six million children in the U.S. are being reared by committed lesbian or gay couples, she says. Children being raised by same-sex parents were either born to a heterosexual couple, adopted, or conceived through artificial insemination.

 

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Researchers looked at information gleaned from 15 studies on more than 500 children, evaluating possible stigma, teasing and social isolation, adjustment and self-esteem, opposite gender role models, sexual orientation, and strengths.

 

Studies from 1981 to 1994, including 260 children reared by either heterosexual mothers or same-sex mothers after divorce, found no differences in intelligence, type or prevalence of psychiatric disorders, self-esteem, well-being, peer relationships, couple relationships, or parental stress.

 

"Some studies showed that single heterosexual parents' children have more difficulties than children who have parents of the same sex," Perrin says. "They did better in discipline, self-esteem, and had less psychosocial difficulties at home and at school."

 

Another study of 37 children of 27 divorced lesbian mothers and a similar number of children of heterosexual mothers found no differences in behavior, adjustment, gender identity, and peer relationships.

[Alabama Larry]

Bless us all O Father everyone...even when we differ on this Homosexual topic. Let your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven Thank you for this format to share ideas with each other..Amen

[the mathemagician]

The studies I've seen say otherwise.

 

 

You are right, as usual.

[75center]

Kids Of Same-Sex Parents Do Fine

 

(WebMD) Children growing up in same-sex parental households do not necessarily have differences in self-esteem, gender identity, or emotional problems from children growing up in heterosexual parent homes.

 

"There are a lot of children with at least one gay or lesbian parent," says Ellen C. Perrin, MD, professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. She revealed the findings at the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference and Exhibition.

 

Between one million and six million children in the U.S. are being reared by committed lesbian or gay couples, she says. Children being raised by same-sex parents were either born to a heterosexual couple, adopted, or conceived through artificial insemination.

 

...

 

Researchers looked at information gleaned from 15 studies on more than 500 children, evaluating possible stigma, teasing and social isolation, adjustment and self-esteem, opposite gender role models, sexual orientation, and strengths.

 

Studies from 1981 to 1994, including 260 children reared by either heterosexual mothers or same-sex mothers after divorce, found no differences in intelligence, type or prevalence of psychiatric disorders, self-esteem, well-being, peer relationships, couple relationships, or parental stress.

 

"Some studies showed that single heterosexual parents' children have more difficulties than children who have parents of the same sex," Perrin says. "They did better in discipline, self-esteem, and had less psychosocial difficulties at home and at school."

 

Another study of 37 children of 27 divorced lesbian mothers and a similar number of children of heterosexual mothers found no differences in behavior, adjustment, gender identity, and peer relationships.

 

 

I may be missing it but was there any comparison of heterosexual couples raising children to homosexual couples? That would be a more valid comparison than single parent vs two parent I would think.

[HHSDad]

Kids Of Same-Sex Parents Do Fine

 

(WebMD) Children growing up in same-sex parental households do not necessarily have differences in self-esteem, gender identity, or emotional problems from children growing up in heterosexual parent homes.

That's because we now have 2 generations of screwed-up kids from all the divorces.

[KYNINERSFAN]

Bless us all O Father everyone...even when we differ on this Homosexual topic. Let your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven Thank you for this format to share ideas with each other..Amen

AMEN .... AMEN .... AMEN

[halfback20]

I may be missing it but was there any comparison of heterosexual couples raising children to homosexual couples? That would be a more valid comparison than single parent vs two parent I would think.

 

The study I saw comparing the two was in a book, that I sold to the EKU bookstore after finals :lol:.

[KyFans11]

That's because we now have 2 generations of screwed-up kids from all the divorces.

I know of two people, that have went from being married to being a lesbian and having a live in lover, and their kids were embarressed, and have had emotional problems dealing with the turn of events. One kid was fortune enough to have a dad to go live with, the other group, was not.

From the outside looking in, I have seen nothing but mass confusion with both of these people/kids dealing with the same situation.