Role of the Parents

When it comes down to the importance of one parent vs. the other I believe that there will never be a unified answer. There are a few reasons for this but the most prevalent reason would be that everyone's home life and parents are different from other people's home life and parents, especially in this day and age with the whole nuclear family ideal fading away, divorce rates high as ever and the inclusion of homosexual couples with children. Now I can't be sure about Japan but I know that in America these kind of situations are quite frequent making it difficult for people to get on the same page with this kind of question, but I think in the end every child will need two roles from the parents to have a healthy childhood. The first role is that of the motherly comforting role which is very important for the child to learn compassion and if the child is a girl they would obviously need advice about their transition into womanhood from the mother role who should know about this matter. The second role is that of the fatherly supportive role, this role is used to teach the child responsibility, accountability and of course if the child is a boy the same rule applies as the girl. In the end it doesn't matter if the fatherly role is played by a woman or not and visa versa as long as both are present in the child's development. Obviously there would be complications with homosexual couples being able to inform the opposite sex child about puberty with examples from experience but as long as the parent playing the appropriate role knows plenty on the topic then there shouldn't be any problems. The only time I can see a problem with a child's development is when he/she is missing one of the vital roles (i.e. Divorce, Death of one parent) or when they have two of the same roles (i.e. Two parents trying to perform the same role). As my last word I'll say that in the end having both the mother and father roles is equally important for the healthy development of a child and whenever you become a parent, making sure your child has a healthy childhood is the most important responsibility you have in this world.