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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think you need to do such a study. Just ask the children of gay couples once they reach adulthood if they were happy with their given situations and allow them an honest, anonymous way to share their thoughts. Only they can tell us if this works well. If they're happy, functional people, perfect. If they express doubts or say their childhoods lacked something, then maybe they're onto something and their feelings need to be respected. [/quote]

That's a laughable way to do science. That's like the thread in the relationships page asking if people post hoc regret their divorce. ppl justify things post hoc to rationalize their own experiences. I'm sure if Amy Winehouse came back she'd say "No regrets man".... lol.[/quote]

So you have no interest in hearing from say a woman raised by two men if she felt an actual need for a mom?  What if women raised by only men said they didn't care one way or another if they had a mother.

Sure, some people regret their divorce. Others may say the situation was far from what they ever wanted for themselves. What's wrong with asking someone raised by a gay couple if this would have been their first choice?

Why would anyone do a randomized study on gay parents if we havent done one one poor parents, or parents who live in apartments or houses or parents who post on anonymous internet boards. Gay people are people of varying parenting skills just like straight people.

In the end, it's a great topic for a book? Researchers and journalists have written books that contain slews of interviews with all sorts of distinct groups that are in situations some of us may not envy- unmarried, childless by choice or by circumstance, etc. [/quote]

sure you could add that datapoint but it doesnt beat a randomized study using objective data. but a few cases? those are anecdotes. anecdotes are for losers. large N random studies are for winners.[/quote][/quote]

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