Traditionally the parents have known best the needs of their children and how to satisfy them effectively.  Parents are motivated by love of the child and not utilitarian expediency or governmental autocracy.  Parents may need professional help from time to time, but they have the right to select a resource that is in keeping with their value system.  In this case there is a joint and coordinated effort to what they consider childhood healthy development and/or problem resolution.  Research shows that a two parent, man and woman, family configuration is best for child growth and development into mature adulthood.  History supports this conclusion.  Don't try to create a better system by the social engineering interests of a minority of ideologues.

Roger L. Depue, Ph.D., Counseling and Development, America University

Joanne Ridick Depue, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, University of Chicago