Right away, one question struck me..Why does it even matter that their parents could be gay? I've known several friends that have gay parents and they are just as normal as someone with heterosexual parents. My friend whose parents are two gay men, and his orientation is straight. But regardless of whether this would've influenced him to turn gay or not, why does it matter? What I found that was interesting though, was that those adolescents that were raised in women-headed families were found to be at a lower risk of depression, anxiety, hostility and abusing alcohol in contrast to those who were raised in a heterosexual household.However there weren't many significant differences between the two groups when it came to making relationships, sexual behavior, delinquency and in psychological adjustments. The National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study claimed that teens that reached the age of 17 in lesbian families were higher in social, school and total competence. They were also lower in having social problems, breaking rules and having violent behavior in comparison to those raised in a heterosexual household. I think that some of the reasons why the teens of lesbian mothers say that they've taught them how to be accepting of everyone includes the idea that they had to learn that the rest of society may or may not accept them. The best thing to do is to be kindhearted and be a good role model to everyone else. From the study, you can conclude that teens with lesbian mothers had overall high grades.
After reading the article, I was still curious to see or hear an actual story. Although these parents may not be lesbian, they are of the same sex.
In this video, Alex had technically 4 parents whom were all gay. He said that he found that kids who had gay parents were more humble in his opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9xfHqT1HEY
I watched another short film that had a young boy that was wearing a "Some people are gay. Get over it" I thought that was really cute and inspiring for someone of that age to make such a small move with a big message.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG0yqhzVuYA
Disadvantages of parenting after 40:
Prior to reading this article, I had an idea that having a child at such a late age could affect the health of the mother as well as the unborn child. However, it made sense to me when the parent in the article said that they were more ready to raise a family now than 20 years ago. Kind of like going to school., everyone expects students to go to college right after graduation but in reality some people just aren't mentally ready or mature to pay thousands of dollars to go to school-too much responsibility. Take time to transition I guess and to live their adulthood. Some couples I know are almost in their 30s and waited til then to have a child because they wanted to enjoy each other's company, without a child yet. There's also the idea that maybe saving money takes time, and you honestly need some time of money to take care of a family. Having a child isn't cheap.I liked how they mentioned in the article that as they got older and focused on their high achievements, they could, when they're ready, adjust their attention to raising a family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHl__2shixg
Some disadvantages though in being a laterlife parent is that they might not have as much energy to keep up with the responsibility of raising a newborn, let alone a toddler.
Other disadvantages could include the fact that laterlife mothers would have a more difficult time conceiving and so they would need to go through the process of IVF.
Another issue that came up in the article was that the parents or the mother would have less time to spend with their children because of their age. It's only a part of their lifetime that has passed but it's also a part they won't be able to spend with their kids when they're born.
Reading this article made me think of the oldest mother of twins that I saw in the Guiness Book of world records. I questioned at first why she would want to try having kids at such an old age but I suppose she had thought about it long enough and had her rational reasons.
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