Gay Couples and Parenting

As of 2000, gay couples are managing to raise children with as great as parenting as they can considering they are different than the normal parenting. Research shows that one in five male couples and one in three female couples were raising children. This number has significantly went up since 1990, in which at the time only one in 20 male couples raised children. One reporter says that "The sexual orientation of a parent has really little to do with their parenting". I tend to disagree with this because a gay couple cannot match up to the characteristics of heterosexual counterparts. A child need to have both a man and a woman to raise him in order to be raised with all sorts of knowledge. The man is to teach the kid to be responsible and take care of himself along with being active and learning to work hard. A mom or woman teaches the kid to be loved and to care for people, allowing the child to be compassionate with others. There are many features that cannot be matched by a gay couple considering they offer the same amount of characteristics as their same sex partner.