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A new study suggests that lesbians may make the best parents.According to work conducted by the National Academy of Parenting Practitioners, children raised by two women are more aspirational and "do better in life" than those who have a man and a woman for parents. One possible reason for this includes the fact that gay couples always have to make a conscious choice to have a child, since one would normally insert Tab A into Slot B to make a baby. If a couple has to go through an often lengthy and expensive process for a baby, they may be a little more prepared for parenthood than a straight couple who had a wild night in Cabo.
Does this mean that fathers everywhere need to brace themselves for the possibility that "I wish I'd never been born" could become "I wish you were a woman"? Uh, not likely. As the researchers wrote in their findings, it's "the quality of parenting that counts in the end" and not their gender.
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Sunday 24 January
By drvaleithian
Women don't have to be lesbians to raise children together. How many kids in our society are raised by a single mom and another woman, such as a nanny, an aunt or grandmother, even a mother's best friend?
What this article doesn't address is amount of the effect that is caused by gender of the parents, vs number of parents (1, 2, or more), preparedness for parenting, and many other possible contributing factors. Most of what is said would also apply to gay men as parents, since they, too, have to go through extensive planning and preparation to become parents. Perhaps even more than lesbians, since a woman can get sperm from a sperm bank and inseminate themselves or each other, but men need a woman to give birth to a baby, or to adopt a child already born.
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Tuesday 23 February
By Milagro
I can't believe this, what in the world will the so called experts come up with next? I hated having to mom's who called themselves lesbians raise me, I hated every moment of the kids in school making fun of the two moms I had, I hated watch a female dress and act like a man, and I hated watching them share what you all call effect, it made me sick. I will never get over the fact that my so called mom and dad were both the same sex, and you say its perfectly normal, what I wouldnt have given to have two women raise me, only one should of been my grandma or aunt, my mom's lover. I going to be sick!!
Saturday 30 January
By Ash Patil
What a bizarre story.
It begins by stating the conclusion that it is the gender that determines better parenting, then it ends by saying that its not the gender that determines the better parenting.
Stupid story.
But there is ample evidence to show that shared parenting after separation is in the child's best interests, and sole custody is detrimental to children, in terms of welfare, health, sexual development, academic achievements and self confidence.
http://www.f4e.com.au
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Tuesday 23 February
By Karen Jaggi
It takes a village to raise a child.
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Tuesday 16 March
By cj
Come on , what a JADED artical, parents are not the result of a wild night in COBO. Who are these so called researchers ? Parenting is not about how much $ you spend . Where in the report was any mention of LOVE.Parenting is putting the effort into RAISING a HUMAN BEING.
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