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Media isn't always true

    Hello! Welcome to my first blog. In some of my blogs I may discuss topics that may be a little hard for some of you to hear about, so I want to apologize in advance. I would like to express my respect for everyone, and this is just my opinion. I do not expect everyone to agree with me and if you don’t agree that’s ok. This week something, we discussed was children of parents in a same sex marriage. This topic hits home for me. I have family members in same sex relationships, and they have children, and I have heard from a lot of people that if a same sex couple has a child, that child will also become gay/lesbian. Multiple studies have shown that this fact is not true. In fact, there has not been any evidence to back this up. Although, the research that was done was not an accurate representation of the children who are in a same sex household. The research was only done on white families in the upper middle class. The researchers also only spoke to the parents, they never...
My name is Becca Meagher and I am a student at Brigham Young University in Rexburg, Idaho. I am a child development major. My end career goal would be to become an occupational therapist. I am currently taking a class called family relations. In this class we cover different topics regarding the family and problems that families face today. Once a week I will be writing about what we learn and my thoughts on the problems. Stay tune for more!