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The Downside Of Such Modern Day Progressive Endeavours.
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5,050 children were adopted from care during the year ending 31st March 2014, compared to 4,010 in 2013
68,840 children were in the care of local authorities on 31st March 2014, compared to 68,060 in 2013.
A frightening statistic and bleak reading for children in care.
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68,840 children were in the care of local authorities on 31st March 2014, compared to 68,060 in 2013.
A frightening statistic and bleak reading for children in care.
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@ummmm
//I don't agree with that. Children brought up by the same parents can be complete opposites.//
There is a shuffling of genes just after fertilisation but before the embryo starts dividing. It never goes the same way in subsequent pregnancies. (Twins are a special case and even identical twins can have slight diferences in personal preferences, behaviour traits and so on).
Your observation will, nevertheless be of interest to proponents of "gay genes" theory. Real life cases where a gay person has straight siblings could be examined at the genetic level. It could be the way the genetic 'shuffle' played out and, in the straight siblings the supposed gay gene is over-ridden by a 'straight' one from the other parent.
//I don't agree with that. Children brought up by the same parents can be complete opposites.//
There is a shuffling of genes just after fertilisation but before the embryo starts dividing. It never goes the same way in subsequent pregnancies. (Twins are a special case and even identical twins can have slight diferences in personal preferences, behaviour traits and so on).
Your observation will, nevertheless be of interest to proponents of "gay genes" theory. Real life cases where a gay person has straight siblings could be examined at the genetic level. It could be the way the genetic 'shuffle' played out and, in the straight siblings the supposed gay gene is over-ridden by a 'straight' one from the other parent.
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I shouldn't call it amusing but there is the prospect that one or both of the daughters inherit their father's sexual preferences, which mean they will fancy men!
This could make for a complex upbringing, if the mothers were card-carrying men-hater lesbians (with apologies for the caricature).
But the question needs to be posed: how well could they prepare their daughters for the world of heterosexual relationships if they have little or no experience with it themselves (or actual -negative- experience of it)?
This could make for a complex upbringing, if the mothers were card-carrying men-hater lesbians (with apologies for the caricature).
But the question needs to be posed: how well could they prepare their daughters for the world of heterosexual relationships if they have little or no experience with it themselves (or actual -negative- experience of it)?
"but there is the prospect that one or both of the daughters inherit their father's sexual preferences, which mean they will fancy men!"
Relly, really, really unlikely.
But even so - gay kids with straight parents are capable of sorting out their own romantic lives - so I think we should assume that straight kids brought up by gay parents would be equally 'adept'.
Relly, really, really unlikely.
But even so - gay kids with straight parents are capable of sorting out their own romantic lives - so I think we should assume that straight kids brought up by gay parents would be equally 'adept'.
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But, in this case, both mother and father are gay so, if there is any heritable factor whatsoever, they are going to receive it, are they not?
The difficulty - if you look on it as an experiment - is that the upbringing will be gay also. It is impossible to separate nature from nurture until you have children of two gay parents adopted by a heterosexual family and given the kind of upbringing labelled as "normal", earlier on in this thread.
Would you hate that to happen? (subtext: in case they grew up to be straight)
Again, it would be experimenting on children, so you'd have every right to hate it for that, alone. Just make it clear which reason(s) apply, or not, so I can understand your stance.
But, in this case, both mother and father are gay so, if there is any heritable factor whatsoever, they are going to receive it, are they not?
The difficulty - if you look on it as an experiment - is that the upbringing will be gay also. It is impossible to separate nature from nurture until you have children of two gay parents adopted by a heterosexual family and given the kind of upbringing labelled as "normal", earlier on in this thread.
Would you hate that to happen? (subtext: in case they grew up to be straight)
Again, it would be experimenting on children, so you'd have every right to hate it for that, alone. Just make it clear which reason(s) apply, or not, so I can understand your stance.
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