Same Sex Parenting & Their Children:

Many people have much to say about whether same sex marriages should be able to parent children. With 23 countries finally legalizing same sex marriages it seems like people’s views are changing but there is still some uncertainty about the matter. To learn more about each states laws regarding same sex marriage the NCSL provides some more in depth information.  

Many gay couples tend to have a stronger bond and are more stable than heterosexual marriages giving their children a more secure home. A popular TV show on ABC family called The Fosters shows viewers just that. The moms on the show have 5 adopted children who they love and care about. Some believe the show to be inappropriate for a family network, but as the creator of the show says it’s just showing our younger generations about how we need to learn how to accept people for who they are. The New York Times did an article about The Fosters which you can find here.

So as same sex marriages has become a growing possibility so has same sex parenting which is often accused for bad child development but research has supported there is no difference. Office of Child Development  studies that have been published to date report no significant differences in gender development, personal development, and social relationships among children of same-sex couples and children raised in heterosexual households.

Children are claimed to just need love no matter what the circumstances. But with that basic assumption some have looked deeper into the more psychological factors that happens to children when they aren’t raised by the traditional mom and dad household. For examples it is said that fathers reduce behavioral problems in boys and psychological problems in girls. As for a mothers natural caring instinct a child cannot live without. The most reliable statistics show that about 210,000 children under age 18 are being raised nationally by more than 122,000 same-sex-couples. With these numbers in mind USA Today also states how the median annual household income of same-sex couples raising minor children is more than 10% lower than for comparable married heterosexual couples. In brief gay or lesbian couples are twice as likely to be living in poverty. Children are also reported to struggle in areas such as education, employment, and arrest records.
 

Whichever side you decide to take it doesn’t seem like there is much anyone can do to stop same sex couples from raising children. With more and more states allowing marriage between gay and lesbian couples.
 

 

 http://thefamilyannex.org/
http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritual-life/same-sex-marriage-debate