Mother’s day is coming around the corner. And a new study has been released that revealed that having two mothers really is no better or worse than having a mother and father.
The study was conducted and published only this past week to the “Journal of Development Behavioral Pediatrics.” The method used was that the study found 95 same-sex and 95 opposite-sex parents raising children ages six to 17 years old. All the subjects have parents that are in a healthy relationship, still together, and economically stable. They couldn’t find enough same-sex male parents so they were not included in the study. They interviewed the parents and one child each. They asked them a series of questions and asked them to rank their answers on a scale of one to five, one meaning best, and five meaning worst. The questions they were asked were about how stressed the parents felt, children’s general health, emotional difficulties, coping behaviors and learning behaviors.
The results found for the most part were that there was no significant difference in the results between same-sex and opposite-sex parents. The only one that had any significant difference was that these married mothers were found to experience a significant amount of increased stress raising their child. Some articles, like the one published on LifeSite call foul that same-sex couples are worse because they have a significant amount of parental stress. Yet, despite having more parental stress, this doesn’t seem to affect the overall child's health, which when it comes to raising a child is what is most important. In addition, if you look at the results in the study, the significant difference is 1.89 vs. 2.16 on a scale of one to five. Yes, you’re reading that right. The significant difference is only .27, a 5.4 percent difference on the scale. That’s barely anything. Even so, it’s still below three, meaning overall that both types of parents still feel that their child isn’t all that stressful.
The study doesn’t do anything to really explain why there is more parental stress. LifeSite claims it’s the missing-father syndrome. LifeSite is also anti-same sex and pro-one-man-one-woman parenting. So, take what they say with a grain of salt. However, other studies on homosexual parents have found that children are more likely to be bullied because they have same-sex parents, which is a factor that is not in control of the parents. Statistically children of POC parents who are themselves POC are more likely to be bullied. That has no effect on how good a parent they are. That’s just more of a problem with American society.
So, another year, and another study released proving that once again there is really no difference in same-sex and opposite-sex parenting. Previous studies can be found here. The only real significant difference in those studies is that children of same-sex parents were found to be more open and fluid with their sexuality, and were more likely to experience bullying. Also, a new study that focuses on just same-sex male parents is being published this week. Come back here next time to see my article on the results of that study.
