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[–] RustyEarthfire 18 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Actual title of the research paper is Elective co-parenting with someone already known versus someone met online: implications for parent and child psychological functioning.

It compares a small sample of two different co-parenting situations, and while it does conclude they are both within "normal range", it certainly doesn't make or justify the claim in the headline, which doesn't even mention co-parenting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

As per usual. Research papers must be misquoted or you're doing "journalism" wrong

[–] CompostMaterial 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No shit. Almost like all that bullshit was made up by religious nut bags to promote their bigoted views.

[–] Rednax 6 points 11 hours ago

Just as made up as the headline of this clickbait article. Please for the love of science, don't believe this as a fact until someone has done research to what the headline is claiming. Just take a look at the title of the research this article is based on: https://www.rbmojournal.com/article/S1472-6483(24)00936-2/fulltext

[–] kippinitreal 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whoa! Kids don't care about legal documents but happy guardians? I'm shocked!

No but seriously, the sampling is terrible.

Our study involved surveys, interviews and observations with 41 heterosexual and LGBTQ+ parents from 23 elective co-parent families in the UK, the US and Europe.

Yeah no shit there's no difference between families in affluent countries. Try sampling in Asia or Africa or first generation immigrants. The kids would get bullied & taunted so badly they'd resent their unmarried parents. The societal outlook on an unmarried couple & children having pride in their family units is a major determinant a child's happiness.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

"Asia? Africa?" Might as well be Narnia for some folks