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Lesbian parents have very well-adjusted kids, study finds

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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:

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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

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