From: ralph@eddlewood.demon.co.uk

In message , Evelyn
Ruut  writes

ralph writes

>> There are doubrless examples of same-sex couples doing a magnificent job
>> of rearing children, but they will only illustrate the richness of human
>> kind: they will not change the odds materially.
>>
>> Anyone out there agree, or even disagree?
>
>I don't think there is enough evidence in the way of real studies about
>how children of same sex relationships fare in the world.   When there
>is, there may be something more to discuss.   Personally I think it is
>as individual as the people themselves may be.

Firstly, the information about these influences comes from the British
cohort studies.

These started in 1946 to coincide with the start of the National Health
Service. A sample of all the children born on one day was chosen (about
8,000) and they have been followed through their lives, and then the
lives of their children, and now grandchildren. The original sample has
been supplemented from time to time.

It is these studies which show the advantage obtained from two-parent,
two-sex families over all others.

Now, in most cases the others will not include two males or two females;
such families were rare, certainly at the beginning.

Some such groups may do a great job (as I originally acknowledged), but
to risk the others strikes me as playing with vulnerable lives in a way
which is not for their benefit.

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ralph

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