Why (according to a University of Melbourne study) are kids of same-sex parents healthier? One possibility cited is that same-sex families tend to get along better. Another is that because same-sex parents are likely to share more child-rearing duties, basing them on skills rather than traditional gender roles, the children grow up in a more harmonious household. These factors lead to increased health for a child.
But how about in other areas–temperament, behavior, mental health, emotional role, and self-esteem? Those children scored the same as ones in the general population. Except that kids with same-sex parents suffered due to the stigma of their parents’ sexual orientation.
What hurts most, apparently, is a child’s growing up in a single-parent household, especially with as single mother, who tends to struggle more financially than a single father.
In my opinion, this shows that a child thrives best in a home in which parents work at their marriage, share their talents in caring for a child, and maintain a harmonious household, whatever the sexual orientation of the parents. No sensible person believes anymore–considering all the studies and anecdotal evidence–that homosexual parents raise children to be homosexual. So why not concentrate on how kids are being raised and not add stress to their lives by focusing on what their parents do in the bedroom?
Read about the study at http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/children-same-sex-parents-are-healthier-study-n149901.