Re: Having Dads makes you Happy

On Jul 9, 2010, at 6:31 PM, Charlie Bell wrote:

> On 10/07/2010, at 6:21 AM, Dave Land wrote:
>
>>> How about "Having dads and moms in the same house and married to  
>>> each other"?
>>
>> And if the parents are "Adam and Steve" instead of "Adam and Eve"?
>
> Or Madam and Eve. It seems that two parent families on average do  
> better than one parent families, but it doesn't really matter what  
> the gender make-up is. There's some evidence that homosexual two- 
> parent families do slightly better than heterosexual ones, but I  
> suspect that's a self-selecting effect - it's a much more deliberate  
> process to start with going out to adopt or IVF, so the parents have  
> a larger stake in it than a lot of heteros who "had an accident and  
> now there's a baby".
>
> But I know single parents who are bloody brilliant and couples who  
> are below par...

Quite so. The difference between individuals (and couples) is always  
far greater than the difference between stereotypes.