Two Mommies
— Posted by Annie (March 4, 2006 at 11:08 am)
Now I look forward to getting BabyTalk just to see what silly thing they are going to say. There are some helpful things in there for sure, but here’s what I found in the latest issue:
My Two Moms
Children raised by same-sex parents fare as well as children from traditional mom-and-pop homes when it comes to their self-esteem, gender identity, and other psychological issues, according to an analysis of more than 15 studies of 500-plus children. In fact, children in single-parent homes had higher stress levels, more discipline problems, and more trouble with social adjustment when compared with children raised by lesbian couples, showing that two parents (regardless of their gender) are better than one.
I have to wonder how they can do such a study when children really haven’t been living with two mommies or two daddies for all that long. Usually it’s in adulthood that “issues” with parents tend come up.
I also wonder how a boy raised with two mommies will ever learn to be a father. Sure, some aspects of being a father may be innate, but even more so than mothering, I think fathering is largely a learned process.
I just can’t see how this can be healthy for children and I don’t think it’s fair to expose them to this life style. Children are a gift not a right.
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Lauren says:
Kudos to those “mommies” that helped a pregnant woman out by adopting her unwanted child!! Or wait, you dont want that!! you dont want abortion either!! Oh we should just put those babies in an orphanage because all you really are is pro-birth weeee!!!
Comment posted March 11th, 2006 at 12:33 am
John says:
Lauren,
Considering that this post addresses issues related to child-rearing, I’m at a loss to understand how it constitutes evidence that “all [we] really are is pro-birth”.
Comment posted March 13th, 2006 at 2:55 pm
Lauren says:
Explain to me how it isn’t PRO-birth.
Comment posted March 19th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Lucy says:
It is in my findings that gender plays little role in the quality of a parent. A man can do a poor job of teaching a boy to be a father with a great deal of ease. Actually, a man can do a horrible job of teaching a boy to be a father. However, loving, caring single mothers very frequently produce very high quality sons. It isn’t my experience that there is much a young man needs to learn about being a father should he become one that is related to the gender of his parents. The things that will teach him to be a good father are lessons in responsibility, compassion, kindness, dilligence, and other such characteristics that will allow him to one day successfully raise children.
Denying children who would be best placed in loving homes the opportunity due to, and I’m at a loss, so nonsense will work for the moment, is in a word, wrong.
I once again cannot help but see the relationship to concerns regarding biracial children. The arguements there are also generally hiding under the guise of protecting the children. Of course this is also not actually a position that protects children. Per usual we are discussing a scenerio that would protect the people who would like white people to marry white people, black people to marry black people, red people with red people, and so forth. It also supports the hope that everyone can also peacefully agree to stay in their own corners.
It is best for children to grow up in a place where they are loved and safe. Sometimes this is in a home with 2 mommies or 2 daddies. Sometimes this is not in a home with 1 mommy and 1 daddy.
Comment posted June 9th, 2006 at 7:36 am
xenical says:
xenical xenical
Comment posted December 10th, 2006 at 12:38 pm