Researchers at the University of Melbourne (Australia) examined the state of physical and mental health of children aged 5 to 17 who are brought up in families of same-sex parents. Now they claim that these children are healthier and love of family ties.
Australian researchers have realized that their conclusions will cause a mixed reaction from the world community. The scope of their attention were 500 children who are brought up in gay families . It turned out that on the scale of the overall physical health are significantly outperformed their peers from heterosexual families, even taking into account the financial position of parents and ethnic origin. And their health indicators are so much different for the better, that, according to the researchers, under normal circumstances the chances of that are 1 to 10,000.
However, taking into account all other indicators such as the emotional behavior and self-esteem among the children of same-sex and opposite-sex families are not found big differences. Scientists themselves are not yet able to answer why their interpretation of the children of gays and lesbians are more physically healthy. There is a hypothesis that they have to deal with a large number of cases of harassment and discrimination and the situation itself tempers the child's body. However, this is only version, not confirmed by science.
Facts on the subject:
- Researchers at the University of Texas recently argued just the opposite: the children of gays and lesbians is much more prone to depression and suicide than children from ordinary families.
- A little earlier, scientists from the British University of Cambridge argued that children gay families They live in the same way as in the heterosexual, and the presence of the parents of the same sex does not entail any negative consequences for the child's development. (READ MORE)
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