Shouild Same-Sex Parents Be Featured In School Books?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10171005/Same-sex-parents-should-be-featured-in-school-books.html

Would this type of thing be beneficial to children as young as five, or only create confusion?

[jim360]

*rolls eyes* Would "same-sex adoptive parenting" be any better for you?

Some of my cousins have stepfathers -- also known as parents. It's the same thing.

[Sharingan]

But it happens so it isn't 'impossible'. What you mean is a life cannot be created without a male and female being involved somewhere, which is fine, but it's not really relevant to parenting in the sense it's being discussed I don't think.

[Answerprancer]

"I haven't particularly thought about the promotion of same sex parenting, I just know it's impossible".
No it isn't, as has already been explained: the definition of "parent" also includes non-breeding ones.
I think you're taking the p!ss but I don't mind carrying on explaining - over to you.

[craft1948]

I'm not taking the piss actually, but you obviously don't agree. Parents to me are a man and a woman, but that would appear to be an outdated way of thinking.

[jim360]

Think how mental things will be when there are babies that have three parents (two mothers and a father)!

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/28/uk-mitochondria-britain-idUKBRE95Q1IW20130628

[Answerprancer]

So basically this is just your long-winded way of getting the old "Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve" point across. How quaint.

[Answerprancer]

...BTW I'd have been happy to not agree if you'd just spat it out earlier rather than being manipulative.

[craft1948]

AP that is nasty and so not true, you are just stirring things. There are many same sex couples who are doing a marvellous job of parenting, but to describe them as the only parents is patently not true.
What about the 2 ladies who had a child (obviously with 3rd party involvement) who then tried to shut him out of any contact with the child?

[jim360]

This paper and its references probably ought to be required reading:

http://www.psychology.org.au/Assets/Files/LGBT-Families-Lit-Review.pdf

[Answerprancer]

"to describe them as the only parents is patently not true"
Please explain where you think I did this.

[craft1948]

So basically this is just your long-winded way of getting the old "Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve" point across. How quaint.

That is being nasty.............

[Answerprancer]

You gave the impression that you are a 'traditionalist' when it comes to being a parent ie. that you believe that a child should only be raised by their biological mother and father:
"Parents to me are a man and a woman, but that would appear to be an outdated way of thinking"
Not "nasty" maybe misunderstood.

[Answerprancer]

"ramming gayness in their little faces"
Oh don't make me vomit - how inflammatory can you get!

[craft1948]

To me parents are a man and a woman, tell me why that thinking is so wrong.

[Answerprancer]

"To me parents are a man and a woman, tell me why that thinking is so wrong".
Who said it was?

[Answerprancer]

...and I'm still unclear about why you think my "Adam and Steve" comment was nasty - please explain.

[Answerprancer]

...aaaaand she's scuttled off. Another one who is out of their depth, it seems.