Research compared development of children of heterosexual couples with those of lesbian and gay parents
The children of same-sex couples fare just as well, if not better, than those of heterosexual couples, research has shown.
“Contrary to many concerns, our review found most family outcomes were similar between these two family types, and sexual minority families have even better outcomes in some domains, such as child psychological adjustment and child-parent relationships,” the researchers wrote.children raised by same-sex parents do as well emotionally, socially and educationally as their peers in heterosexual families.
While family functioning, couple relationship satisfaction, parental mental health and parenting stress showed no differences based on parents’ sexual orientation, in some areas sexual minority families appear to fare better.
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