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It's really not that hard to find. Here's the first link after searching: "Influence of fathers". Lot's of supporting citations. http://www.civitas.org.uk/hwu
by run4yourlives 18y ago
It's really not that hard to find. Here's the first link after searching: "Influence of fathers". Lot's of
supporting citations.
http://www.civitas.org.uk/hwu/fathers.php http://www.civitas.org.uk/hwu/fathers.php
You will have a hard time saying that a child will do better in a loving two-parent gay family than in the median family in the US.
Which is why I'm specifically not saying that. In fact, this is what I said: No, I would not suggest for a second that having a child requires "optimal" conditions.
- tptacek 18y agoMuch of "influence of fathers" stuff is really talking about the implications of living in: * single parent homes * poor single parent homes * poor and middle-class single parent homes where the single parent works full-time and has less influence over their children * poor single parents homes in cultures that overtly disrespect fatherhood and implicitly promote weak family structures I grant you immediately that it's not optimal to be raised in single-parent households --- with the obvious caveat that you have to control for income, culture, setting, and atypically excellent parents that pull it off anyways. It looks like you & I agree more than we disagree.