What is a family?

Answering this question is not as easy as it might seem. Many conservative groups, whose agenda includes protection of what they view as the "traditional" family, oppose gay parenting, in part out of fear that the homosexuality of the parent will somehow be transmitted to the child. According to Robert Barret and Bryan Robinson, two studies - both included psychological tests - done on children of gay fathers showed little to no effect of the …

…of biological or legal status? Does a family have to share a common residence, economic cooperation, and reproduction to be a family? These questions are not easily answered today and are a great topic for debate. I believe that a family would be two or more people who live together and function as the old nuclear family once did. I do not believe that gender or age should be considered when defining a family unit.