Hey are there any studies that back up a normal male female couple's children perform better than single parents or gay couples?

Blitz13 · 2014-05-17T02:57:03+00:00

This site seems to have a lot of data regarding children from single parent homes. http://www.fatherhood.org/father-absence-statistics

Exactly_what_I_think · 2014-05-17T04:28:34+00:00

Extended family + heterosexual couple > heterosexual couple > gay couple > single man > lesbian couple > single woman

Ironhigh · 2014-05-17T04:32:42+00:00

A regular couple certainly has better statistics than single mothers, though gays might actually turn out better than the average since they can only adopt, which is not something that anyone can do.The gay couples that have kids are considerably wealthier and more capable than the average person.

ConfusedNooblet · 2014-05-17T06:13:36+00:00

Why are people so threatened by gay couples or single parents? I highly doubt there's any study that shows kids of homosexual couples fare worse than heterosexual couples. A kid will do just fine if raised by loving responsible parent(s). If a gay couple wants to adopt or have kids, more power to them.

I think the stigma against single parents is that a lot of them are irresponsible deadbeats (no job, lazy, uneducated, etc), so their kids end up in the same shoes.

However, I know plenty of people who were raised by single moms/dads that turned out successful. Difference was that their parent wasn't a deadbeat. Having a single parent doesn't automatically make a child fare worse in life.

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