And children of mixed-sex heterosexual parents, who made up the majority. They compared lesbian parents to straight parents and to single parents, and found that lesbian parents were at least as good as both groups in all childhood welfare measurements, and better than both groups in some small number of childhood welfare measurements.
I mean, I can totally see yourself going around giving air high fives to everyone who’s looking at you in a mix of horror and embarrassment, hands in their laps. It’s not the image that’s the problem.
But searching the study, I’m seeing that the data was compared to a nationally normed sample:
Searching for the words “control” and “single”, I’m seeing no evidence to support your assertion.
I suspect it’s something incredibly weaselly you’re going for, but I invite you to show your weasel, so to speak.
Umm… get over this titanic disaster and assault on your august personage and move the fuck on?
Okay that was kinda mean, Happy Mother’s Day. There, it’s been said.
But consider for a moment, as opposed to acting entitled and upset about this, maybe you could weigh it against "all honors classes, class co-president, Eagle Scout-bound, no drugs, drinking, sex, smoking… " and be grateful for what you DO have. There are a ton of parents who’d trade that record against some flowers or a card any day of the week and twice on Mother’s OR Father’s day.
So step back, be grateful, and stop whining about a made up over commercialized holiday.
Regards,
-Bouncer-
PS: Do you have your children celebrate Father’s Day? If not, why not?
Seriously. Like your not celebrating Father’s Day is a trick question? WTF? Calling your wife a step-father? Bwuh?
On second thought, gaslighting is supposed to make you question your own sanity. I’m questioning some sanity all right, but not my own; this has got to be the least effective gaslighting ever.
Except that proves nothing except that the study was comprehensive. They compared lesbian parents to straight 2 parent families, and found that kids of lesbian parents were as good as or better than the kids of the other families in child welfare metrics.
Boom! Grotonian’s pre-conceived notions about gay parents DISPROVED! High fives all around!
I am not surprised at the findings of these studies. My son has numerous school mates who have 2 moms. All the moms are concerned, involved, and dedicated to their boys & their sons are healthy, happy & well adjusted. My only criticism of Tapu is that she & her wife took normal teenage boy behavior way too personally. Their boy is just a typical teenage boy acting like a typical teenage boy.
I’m willing to bet that he also thinks black people are inferior, dangerous, & less intelligent
No, they didn’t. You told the truth the first time, now you’re changing it. The comparison was controlled for age and gender of children in the general population. There was no disaggregation by married, biological parents. Single parents were included in the control group. Sorry but
"In a study of nearly 90 teens, half living with female same-sex couples and the others with heterosexual couples, both groups fared similarly in school. Teen boys in same-sex households had grade point averages of about 2.9, compared with 2.65 for their counterparts in heterosexual homes. Teen girls showed similar results, with a 2.8 for same-sex households and 2.9 for girls in heterosexual families. "
It would be interesting to compare children of gay couples with adopted children, or children of parents who needed medical help to conceive. I bet the gay families average “better” just because all their children were wanted. If you take a random assortment of heterosexual couples with kids, some of those kids were “surprise” babies whose parents weren’t ready for them, or worse.
First off, the study was not limited to biological, married parents–the only group I ever claimed to have better outcomes than gays. But more importantly, single parents were included in the study. If a heterosexual couple broke up, the single parent was still counted. You apparently don’t understand how longitudinal studies work. Sorry but
I’m nearly 50 and I’ve been ignoring Mother’s Day (and Father’s Day, too, for that matter) for years. Some people just aren’t into those made-up occasions. And yeah, when you’re a teenage boy admitting to your mom that you love her is tougher than it is when you’re 5.
I’d also be willing to bet a few other things
a) Gay Couples with children will tend to be in a more stable relationship than a random parent off the street
b) People living together in a long term gay relationship that is stable enough to consider children will be better off financially than many
c) Similar to b - gay couples that are living together and can consider / can afford having children (mostly via some form of surrogacy / IVF) will have better financial resources than many
All of this would indicate towards better educational outcomes
As an adopted kid, let me also call bullshit on this.
Through the lens of your post - my (adoptive) mum only had a legal relationship to me - which is patently false,
She’s mum, and no other question about it
On a more serious note, this is indeed your claim. Your evidence so far of your claim has been a serious of vague criticisms of studies that may not control for this factor, that simply suggest children of gay couples (who may or may not separate) do at least as well as children of straight couples (who may or may not separate). And letting us know about your tiger blood.
If your claim is that children of biological married couples have better outcomes than children of gay couples, cite your fucking claim.
