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The family unit |
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17/04/01 (34 review reads) |
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The family unit no longer consists of your average husband, wife 2.4 children that act like angels all the time and a pet dog that fetches the papers in the morning.
Our family unit is by no means normal by old fashioned standards - I've been married before but my husband hasn't, we have two kids, we both work. The luxury of being able to be a stay at home mother has eluded me for financial reasons.
The family unit is something that is evolving and changing all the time according to modern society. Mothers go to work, fathers sometimes stay at home and children are not always little angels. Aunty Sam may well have a girlfriend instead of a boyfriend - so what? Aunty Sam and her girlfriend might want to adopt children - let them! As long as the family 'unit' is full of love and caring and discipline, so what if it'sa same sex family unit? There's less likelihoood of children being subjected to dometic violence and the like. For the record, my sister in law is gay, lives with her partner and both of them love our kids to pieces. The kids, although only young babes granted, don't seem in the least bit concerned about it and that's how I want it to be. I don't want to be responsible for bringing yet more homophobic people into this world - I want them both to be tolerant of other people regardless of sexuality, colour, religion etc
If either of my daughters turn out to be gay, I really don;t care. As long as they're in relationships that are good for them, with someone who loves them, and as long as they're happy, I really couldn't care whether it's boy, girl or martian.
The whole 'same-sex couples shouldn;t have children' argument annoys the life out of me. Why shouldn't they have kids? Isn't it denying them of a right that they would have had if they were in a 'normal' relationship. People have children every day without having to fight argument
s about their sexuality or how suitable they were to be parents. Children are surprisingly adaptable, and don't neccesarlily become harmed by being in a non-standard family unit. I think that they learn to be more tolerant of others and more accepting of other peoples sexuality and believes.
This is a rather 'all over the place' opinion I know, but let's not just focus on single parents here. Yes, single parents are becoming more common, but this is hardly surprising in a country where 2 in 3 marriages end in divorce.
All I'm trying to say is that maybe those who are against same-sex or single parent family units should put themselves in the same situation - how would you like someone to tell you about your suitability to become a parent or raise children based solely on your sexual orientation or whether or not you have a partner?
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- 17/04/01 I member of my extended family found out that BOTH her daughters were gay. They both managed to settle down with the right girl, and both managed to adopt two children each. They are truely wonderful parents, and I have no doubts that the children will grow up normally and securely. |
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- 17/04/01 Well said. The main problem in society unfortunately for children, is that kids learn their ideas from their parents and can be very hurtful to other children. At my daughter's first school, she was (unbelievably) the only child from a single parent family, and some of the kids refused to play with her because she didn't have a dad, which broke my heart. I made the decision when I graduated to put her in private school, and amazingly the statistics were totally reversed, with two parent families being the anomaly. Just before she went to bed tonight, she was telling me about her friend being embarrassed because her mother is not married and doesn't work, we desperately need to get the balance right quickly. If only more parents were as open minded and tolerant as you, the world would be a much nicer place.
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