Telegraph UK: Lesbians Make ‘Better Parents’, Says Senior Parenting Official
Stephen Scott, director of research at the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners, has said his research shows children from lesbian couples do better in life than the offspring of heterosexual couples. “Lesbians make better parents than a man and a women,” Mr Scott told a meeting for the launch of think tank Demos.
His controversial position draws backing from research that suggests children with two female parents are more aspirational than those with opposite-sex parents. Some studies also also shows children with lesbian parents are no more or less likely to have tendencies towards homosexuality.
Research at Birkbeck College, part of London University, and Clark University in Massachusetts suggests that same-sex couples make good parents because children cannot be conceived accidentally – parents must make an active decision to adopt or find a sperm donor.
I’m sure this will go over well.
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AnneD wrote,
I don’t know that having to make active decisions about a child guarantees the couple (of any persuasion) to be better parents, but at the same time, I think it could be correct in that the parents are prepared to cope a hell of a lot better.
Gives interesting thought to the whole dynamic of matriarchal societal structures, and also to some of those ‘out there’ scifi stories of women who only keep men for sperm slaves.
Link | November 16th, 2009 at 7:53 am
TeddyPig wrote,
I don’t personally think it has anything to do with Lesbians or Gays in particular. It’s simply about having to make the effort to have the kids and as such honestly wanting them and not being some type of successful heterosexual marriage checklist requirement or some sad mistake you made having sex when you were too young to understand the responsibilities.
Link | November 16th, 2009 at 8:55 am
AnneD wrote,
Very much so.
Link | November 16th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Emilie wrote,
Wow, very interesting study. It certainly contradicts a lot of the studies the “family values” people always bring up when talking about gay parents and single mothers.
I can see how many lesbians would especially teach their girl children that they could be independent, use all their abilities, and aspire to any kind of job. That kind of encouragement has got to help.
I have no particular devotion to “women’s culture,” and am generally accused (accurately enough) of focusing a fair amount of my energy on men, one way or another. Nevertheless, I believe that most lesbians are probably pretty good parents.
Link | November 16th, 2009 at 8:14 pm