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higher percentage than heterosexually-involved couples (Glenn). Without a doubt, the given
information is bound to affect an adopted child due to the increased negative risks that his/her
parents partake in on a daily basis due to their chosen sexual orientation. In other words, there is
no stable and no safe home for a child when such an excessive amount of risks become his/her
environment. Is it really smart to allow a child to be raised by parents who have a greater risk of
dying prematurely or of being infectious?
In addition to health related risks, higher grade retentions can be associated with children
of same sex couples versus the typical children of heterosexual married couples. This can be a
product of many factors, one being that, the legal privileges of marriage are numerous and have
direct consequences for the well-being of children (Rosenfeld). Other factors being that theory
suggests that biological parents tend to invest more on their child, and the large majority of
children of same-sex couples were children from previous heterosexual relationships. Thus,
implying that the adopted child experienced a divorce and or parental break-up, which collected
research depicts as a traumatic situation for the child. With regards to the personal development,
it is said that a crucial component of the normal development and adequate level of self-esteem
in children is denoted by grade retention. Students who are held back once tend to have a much
higher risk of not graduating high school, leading to low earnings, high unemployment, and low
self-esteem that can further correlate to higher mortality rates for those having been raised in a
same-sex parental setting (Rosenfeld).
Based on a survey conducted to young adults, young adults whose mothers had a samesex relationship tended to fare worse than their peers in intact biological families on 24 of the 40
outcomes examined. For example, they were far more likely to report being sexually victimized,
to be on welfare, or to be currently unemployed. With respect to young adults whose fathers had
a same-sex relationship, the gradient of contemplated suicide, having sexually transmitted
infections, or having been forced to have sex against their will increases or is significantly more
likely (Kim). All of these findings can conclude that this adoption practice can negatively affect
a young adult by causing abnormal development in social skills, which could lead to violent
experiences due to not knowing how to address a sexual situation. It also affects the ability to
communicate during normal duties such as searching for employment and reaching out for
educational information on sexually transmitted infections.
The sense of reliability that homosexual parents give to their adopted children is far
slighter than one would hope for such child in question. There are far too many possible factors
that can play a negative role in a childs life, whether he or she result in being affected by them
or not. The risk in mental health, academic and personal constraints, and negative effect in
developmental social skills increase; and therefore, an overall decrease in the successful
upbringing of a child has come as a result of same sex adoption. Without a doubt, same sex
adoption inevitably illustrates the absence in parental reliability towards the developmental
stages a child must experience and surpass with confidence. In essence, as Dr. Mark Regnerus
concluded, the stable, two-parent biological married model [is] the far more common and
accomplished workhorse of the American household, and stillaccording to the data, at least
the safest place for a kid (Kim).
Works Cited
Glenn, Gary. "Gays and Lesbians Should Not Be Allowed to Adopt." Gays and Lesbians Should Not
Be Allowed to Adopt (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 15 Oct. 2015.
Kim, Christine, and Jennifer Marshall. "New Research on Children of Same-Sex Parents Suggests
Differences Matter." The Daily Signal. N.p., 11 June 2012. Web. 15 Oct. 2015.