Study: Children of Lesbian Couples Do Better
by Kilian Melloy
Monday Jun 7, 2010
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=106607Anti-gay groups claim again and again that children with two parents of the same gender are "at risk" because their family does not live up to the ideal of a mother and a father. To bolster those claims, anti-gay activists point to studies that show that children from single-parent homes fare worse than their peers, and are prone to problems in later life such as depression and substance abuse.
The problem with those studies is that they have nothing to do with children brought up by two attentive, loving parents; they focus on the children of heterosexual single mothers. Reputable studies focusing on children from stable, two-parent homes have long shown that children with sufficient care and guidance from involved, supportive parents do equally well whether their parents are of the same or opposite genders.
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Kids of lesbians have fewer behavioral problems, study suggests
By Madison Park, CNN
June 7, 2010 6:55 a.m. EDT
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/07/lesbian.children.adjustment/(CNN) -- A nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were psychologically well-adjusted and had fewer behavioral problems than their peers.
The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, followed 78 lesbian couples who conceived through sperm donations and assessed their children's well-being through a series of questionnaires and interviews.
Funding for the research came from several lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender advocacy groups, such as the Gill Foundation and the Lesbian Health Fund from the Gay Lesbian Medical Association.
