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Contents:
- WHY GAY PARENTS MAY BE THE BT PARENTS
- THE TOP 10 BENEFS OF BEG A GAY PARENT
- ADVANTAG AND DISADVANTAG OF GAY ADOPTN AND GAY PARENTG
WHY GAY PARENTS MAY BE THE BT PARENTS
Though kids of gay and straight parents turn out no differently acrdg to multiply studi, kids same-sex hom may have a tolerance advantage on average. * benefits of gay parents *
Gay marriage, and pecially gay parentg, has been the cross hairs recent Jan. 9), Pope Benedict lled gay marriage a threat "to the future of humany self, " cg the need for children to have heterosexual rearch on fai head by gays and lbians don't back up the dire assertns. In fact, some ways, gay parents may brg talents to the table that straight parents don' parents "tend to be more motivated, more mted than heterosexual parents on average, bee they chose to be parents, " said Abbie Goldberg, a psychologist at Clark Universy Massachetts who rearch gay and lbian parentg.
Gays and lbians rarely bee parents by accint, pared wh an almost 50 percent accintal pregnancy rate among heterosexuals, Goldberg said.
"And while rearch dit that kids of gay parents show few differenc achievement, mental health, social functng and other measur, the kids may have the advantage of open-mdns, tolerance and role mols for equable relatnships, acrdg to some rearch.
THE TOP 10 BENEFS OF BEG A GAY PARENT
Ever thk about what wonrful thgs are associated wh gay parentg? The list is endls, but I've whtled them down to the top 10. * benefits of gay parents *
Not only that, but gays and lbians are likely to provi hom for difficult-to-place children the foster system, studi show.
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Catholic opposn asi, rearch suggts that gay and lbian parents are actually a powerful rource for kids need of adoptn. Acrdg to a 2007 report by the Williams Instute and the Urban Instute, 65, 000 kids were livg wh adoptive gay parents between 2000 and 2002, wh another 14, 000 foster hom head by gays and lbians.
ADVANTAG AND DISADVANTAG OF GAY ADOPTN AND GAY PARENTG
Donaldson Adoptn Instute found that, of gay and lbian adoptns at more than 300 agenci, 10 percent of the kids placed were olr than 6 — typilly a very difficult age to adopt out.