GAYS MAKE JUST AS GOOD PARENTS
Yet another study has shown that children adopted by gay parents fare no differently from those adopted by straight parents.
Researchers in the US have found that an early adopted child’s psychological adjustment is not determined by his or her parents’ sexual orientation; whether it be lesbian, gay or heterosexual.
“The emotional and behavioural outcomes of children adopted and raised by same-sex couples do not differ from those of children adopted and raised by different-sex couples,” said Williams Institute Visiting Scholar, Abbie E. Goldberg.
“Our findings lend support for arguments that prospective adopters should not be discriminated against, in policy or practice, based on sexual orientation.”
This researchers studied children in 120 two-parent adoptive families; 40 female same-sex, 35 male same-sex, and 45 different-sex couples who adopted their children.
All 120 couples were adopting their first child, and in all cases it was a single child under the age of 1.5 years.
The study did find that other factors, regardless of sexuality, such as the parents’ level of preparation for the adoption or the parents having depressive symptoms or relationship conflict did affect the children.
An estimated 16,000 same-sex couples are raising more than 22,000 adopted children in the US.
The researchers said that their findings indicate that these children will likely fare no differently, as a result of their family type, than those being raised by heterosexual parents.
The study, Predictors of Psychological Adjustment in Early Placed Adopted Children With Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Parents, was published in the Journal of Family Psychology, and was co-authored by Goldberg and JuliAnna Z. Smith, of the University of Massachusetts.
Surprise! In fact in other studies it turned out that Lesbian parents make the best parents then straight couples and gay male parents. All very close. I actually wish they would stop these type of surveys in which it is clear that it is how children are raised that is the defining difference in a childs development. Children born into families in which there is discipline, boundries are set, consistent parental behavior as regards the way a child is taught life lessons, but mostly love and respect. Children born into families where the is no boundries and children are given too many options are often confused or angry. I studied child development psychology and often look in wonderment at the fact that parents dont have a clue as to the complexities if child rearing. I firmly believe that all parents should be required by law to undergo a 3 month course in child development. You need to get a licence to drive, but a child is hit and miss ito experience and knowledge.
This is a shame – We are just as bad as the breeders !