Author Question: How are children affected by having gay parents? What will be an ideal ... (Read 58 times)

fox · **on:** Jun 18, 2018

How are children affected by having gay parents?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Applying your text's description of households in the colonial period of U.S. history, which of the following sounds most like a typical Colonial American household?

A. the Smith family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their two children
B. the Jones family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones' elderly mother, Mr. Jones' widowed sister, three Jones children, and Mr. Jones' sister's infant son
C. the Cooper family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, their four children under the age of 13, one fifteen-year-old son of a neighbor who was apprenticing under Mr. Cooper to learn how to brew beer and ale
D. any of these would be equally likely in Colonial America

nhea · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 18, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The student should indicate that in a study conducted by Judith Stacey and Timothy Biblarz, they concluded that children raised by gay parents were different than those raised by heterosexual parents regarding empathy, gender stereotypes, and likeliness to explore homosexual activity.

Answer to Question 2

C