Supporting my views on this issue, http://www.slate.com/id/2097048/, says that an article in Pediatrics pronounced that "a growing body of scientific literature demonstrates that children who grow up with 1 or 2 gay and/or lesbian parents fare as well in emotional, cognitive, social, and sexual functioning as do children whose parents are heterosexual." Yes there have been some readings that I have come across that do not directly say that nothing is wrong with children who grow up in homosexual families(http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2001-08-23-kids-gay-parents-usat.htm), but they also do not say that it would have a negative effect on the child/ren. This article (the one stated prior to this sentence) explains how children with either one or two homosexual parents are interested in jobs that are not typically associated with their gender. It also explains to its readers how it is difficult to tell what sex the child is based on a picture of their bedroom.
Though there may be a few down sides for children with homosexual parents, I have yet to read an article about it being bad for the child. Never did I read anything that says that the child would be scarred for life if their mother or father is gay.
In fact, the idea that children do worse when raised by gay parents appears to be based on the assumption that there's something inherently wrong with homosexuality, was posted on http://www.beachpsych.com/pages/cc121.html. I cannot do anything more than to completely agree with this statement. This is what I have been trying to get at the entire time! Sure homosexuality may not be accepted by you or your religion, but it does not mean that the person who chooses to be gay is horrid in any way. They are still human. They are still sane. They should still be treated like a human being. And they should STILL be able to create a family of their own.
This issue of children with gay parents has been a source of great debate for many years. The main reason behind it is because many people have the assumption that the way they see things is how things should be. Even though to an extent we are all like that we should be willing to accept other people.
ReplyDeleteIn your article, you said that you agreed with the statement "the idea that children do worse when raised by gay parents appears to be based on the assumption that there's something inherently wrong with homosexuality". I also agree, for the simple reason that there is no real science that proves people with gay parents are worse off, there is only speculation.
On the other hand, as stated in an article by GrowingKids(http://www.growingkids.co.uk/GayLesbianParents.html) kids who have gay parents are subject to be picked on for their parent's choices to be gay. While I do agree that the main cause of this is do to intolerace, it will be hard to get other children to see whats wrong with picking on the "different" kid.
The fact is, kids with "different" parents will be subject to criticism, this doesn't just apply with kids whose parents are gay, but also to kids whose parents are from a diffent country, convicted felons, or parents who are seperated. Whatever the case may be, kids need love, without love a child will struggle to function. If people, whose sexual orientation are different, want to raise a child in a loving enviroment I say let them. Children will always be faced with difficulties, but they will always need love.
I personally do not feel as if the sexual orientation of the "parents" gives a huge amount of input on a childs sexual preferance. I feel as if they are just put into different situations with different circumstances but they can come out of this just fine. There is nothing wrong with being different and having two mothers or two father living in the same household all that matters is that the child is being loved and taken care of properly.
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