Parenting: What Really Counts?

How do children feel about their surrogate mother? Do children need a father? Parenting: What Really Counts? Examines the scientific evidence on what really matters for children’s healthy psychological development. The first section considers whether it is necessary to have two parents, a father present, parents who have a genetic link with [...]

It is now scientifically proved that children get equal love and affection from the same sex parents as with the other couples. Yet, these couples face major difficulties in adopting children as they have to fight a long legal and social battle to win over. In fact they yet resort to the surrogated [...]

SAME SEX CUSTODY DISPUTES
Families come in all sizes, colors, shapes—and sexual identities. While state legislatures and courts continue to struggle with same sex marriages, civil unions, and adoptions by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, the states have pretty much resolved how to handle family disputes arising in these groups.
Regardless of whether “parents” are married, [...]

The question of whether homosexuality is a choice has been debated for many decades. Yet only a few hundred years ago societies had no such concept as “homosexuality,” even though it was still practiced.
I have known people from other countries who have told me that in their place of origin homosexuality was not conceived of [...]

 
How many of us have been asked the questions, “Mommy, which of us is your favorite? Who do you love more?”  As parents, we know there is only one answer to questions like these…”We love you all, equally.”
The truth is we may love each child equally, but they are not all the same.  And, at times, we [...]