Persuasive Essay On Careless Children

There are approximately one hundred and forty three million orphans in the world. “[All of those children], standing shoulder to shoulder, will go around the 10,913 mile perimeter of the USA nearly 4 times; they would reach around the Earth over 2 times; the entire Michigan University’s stadium could be filled with orphans 1,330 times” (Orphans). Few would dare to argue against every one of those children 's’ desperate need for a stable home and a loving family. Hearts of many thaw when the horrible conditions of parentless children are mentioned in conversations, shown on TV, or covered in the headlines of newspapers. People are outraged that such awful things are happening all over the world and they immediately cry out for change, but when the question of what kind of family that child is put in is presented, controversy quickly arises. A safe living environment, an income able to support the family, and parental love and guidance are the factors that all will agree are crucial for a …show more content…
According to a worldwide study of 500 children with homosexual parents done by researchers at Melbourne University in Australia, “Kids growing up in gay and straight families matched pretty equally when it came to self-esteem, emotional well-being and the amount of time they spent with parents; but when it came to overall health and family cohesion, the children of gay parents did even better than the national average. (World’s Largest Study)” Another study, done in the United States, stated, “Children raised by same-sex parents did not differ from other children in terms of emotional functioning, sexual orientation, stigmatization, gender role behavior, behavioral adjustment, gender identity, learning and grade point averages” (How Do Children). Many statistics displayed by the same study showed favor to the children of homosexual