Lesbian parents have very well-adjusted kids, study finds

Some people might be surprised by the latest research on children of lesbian parents, published in the journal Pediatrics. But perhaps they should give it more thought. 

This was the objective of researchers at the University of California and the University of Amsterdam:

To document the psychological adjustment of adolescents who were conceived through donor insemination by lesbian mothers who enrolled before these offspring were born in the largest, longest running, prospective, longitudinal study of same-sex–parented families.

This was the conclusion:

The [National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study] adolescents are well-adjusted, demonstrating more competencies and fewer behavioral problems than their peers in the normative American population.

Here's a WebMD story with author Nanette Gartrelle explaining the positive results. "These are not accidental children," she points out. And that's just for starters. 

Read the full lesbian parenting study here.

-- Tami Dennis

Credit: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[John]

It's no surprise. The baby has 2 mothers. Duh! If the baby had 2 fathers the baby would be twice as bad. Makes sense to me and I'm not even sure why.

[Daddy]

The unstated conclusion is that not just fathers, but men in general, are so non-essential to the healthy development of children that a child is better off not knowing who their father is. Please. Table 1 in the report reveals that this was a study of children raised in the Northeast and Western Regions of the US by white parents who were chosen because they are lesbian. Junk science. Replace the word "lesbian" with "white" or "Christian" and ask yourself if this study would ever have been published.

[jerry]

Why would the baby be twice as bad with 2 dads? two hetero dads? maybe. But gay fathers tend to be more commited, caring and sensitive to children than heterosexual men, as shown by published studies.

[Daddy]

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