Ansley Meeks
COMM 160
Ivey
27 October 2016


October Blog Post

Price of Parenthood Amy Arellano

Children living with same sex parents will not have a good upbringing. A statement that many people make but many people disagree with. The poem written by Amy Arellano, Price of Parenthood, she wrote, “He confronts me that living with the tutti-fruttis will make the child’s life difficult. And I wonder how this could ever outweigh the difficulties of being forgotten in the system” (Price of Parenthood. 2016). While I do understand that there is a value to having two strong role models who are of both genders, I also think that when all is said and done a child who is without either role model and stuck in the system would feel incredibly lucky to be a part of family even if the parents were of the same sex. There are many children in today’s world who are without a family and without parents. These children deserve to be a part of a family and feel secure, which I think they would regardless of whether or not their parents are of the same sex.

There are many children who are placed in the foster care system and with that can come a sense of insecurity. The foster care system is when the government arranges for a minor to be placed into a private home of someone who is certified by the state and these kids can possibly be moved in and out of homes constantly again, bringing on this feeling of insecurity. The idea that the foster care system is more suitable for these children than being raised in a home with same sex parents is slightly bazar. As long as a child is being loved, feels secure and safe, their parents are doing their job right. As time goes on it has become apparent that ideas are evolving and the world is changing, the idea that same sex couples are not socially acceptable or same sex marriages are not socially acceptable is changing, and with that comes the idea that maybe same sex couples can parent a child.

During class we have talked a lot about how gender is becoming less of a socially constructed label. The fact these gender labels are changing or can mean that maybe a mother can play the father’s or a father can play the mother’s role, still giving the child an array of role models to look at.