Children need nurturing and guidance from a male and a female parent to grow up balanced and healthy

yes, children need a male and a female parent to grow up balanced and healthy - It's a part of nature FOR A REASON!!!

Plenty of children only grow up with one parent, and children who grow up with same sex parents tend to have a better outcome on average than those who don’t.

Children don't need guidance from a male and a female, a same sex couple can do the exact same that a straight couple can do. They can love, provide, nuture, teach. They are human like the rest of us, why does being gay/bisexual/lesbian/etc make a difference to how a child will grow up?

Children need parents who care for them, who put them first, who have carefully considered the decision and want to nurture a family. Children need a parent, gender doesn't dictate the type of parent you are. Patience, care, love and dedication are gender-less.

Children need love, security, consistency and a home they can grow in no matter the gender!!! Does that mean that all single parents should have their children removed because they do not have both a mother and father???

It's the natural course of parenthood to be raised by a male and a female parent. Despite the WEF's attempts to diminish the role of the traditional nuclear family and, in turn, depopulate the planet, common sense should be adhered to when it comes to shaping the next generation that will decide the nearest future of the UK whatsoever.

Children thrive most when in a stable loving household regardless of gender roles. Diverse families create diverse children who will be the next generation of accepting and loving people

Children need nurturing parents.
2 people of the same gender can provide the same if not better care than 2 different genders

That reinforces sexist stereotypes. Two men, or two women should be able to adopt as a straight couple should. Being against this is simply homophobic. Ultimately, as long as the child is loved, it doesn’t matter.

You don't need to be either a male or a female to provide a healthy balanced life for a child. All you need to be is a kind and compassionate person.

Many children currently grow up in a single parent household and are perfectly balanced and healthy, with one parent of one gender. Why should two parents of the same gender not then be able to raise a similarly balanced and healthy child? Children in foster care and in children's homes deserve parents to love and safeguard them - a same sex couple would do this just the same as a male and female pair would.

Children need nurturing and guidance from mentally and emotionally healthy and aware parents. Someone who knows themselves and is true to themselves will make a better parent regardless of the gender dynamic.

Plenty of children are raised by single parents and this isn't regulated or restricted. Plenty of ill equipped hetero couples also bring children into the world and treat them badly and again this is not monitored or regulated so why should loving people who choose to go through the hassle of adopting be denied access to having a loving family and offering that to a child that wasn't able to be looked after by their original hetero biological parents! If a child is in a safe and loving home it should not matter what sexuality their parent is.

I don’t believe a child needs a male and female parent. I think a child can grow up healthy in a same sex marriage

Why deny a child a loving home based upon preconceived notions about a couples ability to parent, if they pass background checks, why should they be denied. The last time i checked i don't think there was a shortage of children up for adoption

As long as the child is loved by their parents they will receive the nurturing and guidance needed to be raised properly.

males can be feminine and women can be masculine meaning that not necessarily people of a particular gender will act in a particular way

as someone who is part of the LGBTQ+ (i am omni((a person who likes everyone but with a preference ) i think everyone should have rights cause love is love

There is absolutely nothing stopping a same-sex couple from adopting a child and giving it the same upbringing as a male and female parent could.

incorrect, children need to be in a loving and safe environment. If this can be achieved within a same sex household, it should be encouraged.

Children need a balanced adult to teach and provide an unbiased and independent life regardless of gender and sexual preference.

If the government allow single parent households, there should be no argument against same sex
couples adopting

Children can receive the proper parenting from anyone no matter what gender in order to grow up balanced and healthy.

Children can gain nurturing and guidance from a male and female influence outside of just their parents. LGBT Adoption Rights should be the same as everyone else’s rights as being an LGBT couple has minimal impact on a child’s life

Many children already grow up in one parent households - we do not ban this. Children can find gender balanced role models from a range of sources

Why restrict people from adopting. The care system for children is at breaking point and It make no difference the gender of the parent.

2 parents of one gender is better than one parent from one gender - if you look at how many ‘broken’ homes there are. A child needs love and acceptance who cares if that comes from two loving parents of the same gender or not.

Gender of parents does not have an impact on the ability to provide a nurturing environment or guidance for children

If they don't get adobted by a same sex couple they might end up not be adopted which will result in them they won't have any parental figure at all regardless of it being male or female

Children do not need a male and female parent to grow up 'balanced' and 'healthy.' They can get that from a same sex couple, they can get that from a single parent as well. The gender of the parents does not determine what their child will be like. The main priority is making sure that the adopted children go to a home that will love them and care for them unconditionally, and making sure the parents are fit for a child- being assessed on whether you can adopt or not should not be based on sexual preference and on you as a person. If the right couple comes along for the adopted child, and they seem fit to raise one, it should not matter whether it's a same sex couple or not.

Children just need to be nurtured into a safe and loving environment, wether it be sane sex couples or not

What is stopping two women from giving nurturing or guidance? What about having two men raise you stops you growing up healthy and balanced? This stance is based on outdated, bigoted views that should be left in the 1800s, and have no place in a society where the LGBTQ+ society have more rights than ever before.

Gay parents should be allowed to adopt as long as they have an adult figure in their lives of the opposite sex to them. Even if they don't, they should still be put on an adoption waitlist (just lower down) as there are so many children who need loving homes.

Why is that the case, single, mixed, double gendered parent sets can provide all the love, care, education, a child needs. Am i incapable of raising my child if the mother is gone?

Gender roles are social constructs, this has been supported by research for decades that parents of ant gender can be effective primary or secondary caregivers, gender is not a binary and this is limiting

This reinforces stereotypes around men and women, and does not consider the fact that parents are not the only male and female role models in a child’s life

Nonsense. Children need positive role models and a good education. The gender of their parents ls irrelevant as long as they have balanced, healthy and fair approach.

The male and female role is irrelevant if both partners equally provide nurturing and guidance. The sex of a parent is irrelevant in this day and age when we have equal rights of men and women. It’s not like what it was 100 years ago. Times have changed. A child’s upbringing is based on love, care and affection.

Because children already nurtured by male and females aren't guaranteed to be law abiding citizens either.