Originally posted by MrFun
I do not believe that sexual orientation of the parents affects the quality of life the child will live.
The homophobia in the society is what makes the life of a child of gay parents difficult and painful.
I do not believe that sexual orientation of the parents affects the quality of life the child will live.
The homophobia in the society is what makes the life of a child of gay parents difficult and painful.
In Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem, David Blankenhorn discusses the different but necessary roles that mothers and fathers play in their children’s lives: "If mothers are likely to devote special attention to their children’s present physical and emotional needs, fathers are likely to devote special attention to their character traits necessary for the future, especially qualities such as independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to test limits and take risks."
Blankenhorn further explains: "Compared to a mother’s love, a father’s love is frequently more expectant, more instrumental, and significantly less conditional. … For the child, from the beginning, the mother’s love is an unquestioned source of comfort and the foundation of human attachment. But the father’s love is almost a bit farther away, more distant and contingent. Compared to the mother’s love, the father’s must frequently be sought after, deserved, earned through achievement."
Author and sociologist David Popenoe also discusses the different roles that mothers and fathers have in their children’s lives in his book Life without Father. He notes, "Through their play, as well as in their other child-rearing activities, fathers tend to stress competition, challenge, initiative, risk taking and independence. Mothers in their care-taking roles, in contrast, stress emotional security and personal safety." Parents also discipline their children differently: "While mothers provide an important flexibility and sympathy in their discipline, fathers provide ultimate predictability and consistency. Both dimensions are critical for an efficient, balanced, and humane child-rearing regime."
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