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Posted by Niedziejkore (Member # 2773) on :

MONDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Adolescents who have two moms as parents are no different from teens growing up with a mother and a father, a new study finds.

On measures of psychosocial well-being, school functioning, and romantic relationships and behaviors, the teens with same-sex parents were as well adjusted as their peers with opposite-sex parents. The authors found very few differences between the two groups. A more important predictor of teens' psychological and social adjustment, they found, is the quality of the relationships they have with their parents.

"This is the first study that has looked at adolescents with same-sex parents in a national sample, and it shows clearly across a wide range of variables that they're doing pretty well," said study author Charlotte J. Patterson, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

The research, published in the November issue of Child Development, draws data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a school-based study of the health-related behaviors of kids in grades 7-12.

Dr. Ellen C. Perrin, a professor of pediatrics at Tufts School of Medicine and an expert on the development of children with gay or lesbian parents, said that few studies have focused on adolescents of same-sex parents. What data there is has been subject to attack. Critics complain that the studies reflect researcher bias and non-random participant selection.

"In this case, neither of those critiques are valid," Perrin said. The new study uses data from a broad population-based survey conducted for entirely different reasons. "That makes it very clean, so to speak; no one could argue that there was any bias involved."

Estimates of the number of teens living with same-sex parents are hard to come by. As of 1990, 6 million to 14 million children were living with a gay or lesbian parent, says the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, a service of the U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

Perrin believes that a majority of these children were born into heterosexual families. "Only recently have there been increasing numbers of kids born or adopted into already stable same-sex couples," she explained.

The study sample included 44 children, 12 to 18 years old, parented by same-sex couples and an equivalent number of peers with opposite-sex parents. The two groups had an equal number of girls and boys and other similarities, including ethnic background, family income, and parents' level of education.

Overall, researchers found no significant differences between the two groups. Teens with two moms, for example, were neither more nor less likely than their peers with two opposite-sex parents to report having been involved in a romantic relationship during the past year or ever having sex. Both groups were generally well-adjusted, with relatively high levels of self-esteem, relatively low levels of anxiety, and good achievement in school.

The study reveals a minor difference: "The kids of same-sex parents said that they feel more connected at school," Patterson said. In other words, they felt their teachers were more open to them, and that people at school were fair and cared for them. "I think that may be a chance finding, frankly," she said.

While family type wasn't a factor in how teens fared, family relationships were. When parents reported more positive relationships with their teenagers, for instance, the teens reported lower levels of depressive symptoms.

"The qualities of teenagers' relationships with their parents are much better predictors of their overall well-being," Patterson noted.

More information

The National Adoption Information Clearinghouse has more on issues and concerns surrounding gay parenting.

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Posted by Bat Elohim (Member # 3739) on :

so they are basing this theory on 88 kids that they hand selected?

Posted by whitesands777 (Member # 3424) on :

This goes against what God has naturally given to a man and woman.

Posted by Favor Minded (Member # 3636) on :

It simply helps to further the AntiChrist's agenda -

The more he is able to infiltrate the more will follow him. Remember, he does believe that Prophecy will fail, and he will prevail.

He may believe that God is God, but I believe he thinks that he can win...

Now we are not only learning to "Be" tolerant, we are growing it too...

Posted by Gramajo320 (Member # 3772) on :

We cannot ever be tolerant of homosexuality or lesbianism for to do so goes against the bible.
I do not believe it could ever be healthy or right for children to be raised in such an atmosphere because they'll be taught that it's okay. The only way they'll learn that it's wrong is if somehow a christian friend could lead them to a bible based church where they could learn the truth. I think how confusing it must be for the children to have two moms or two dads rather than a mom and dad the way it's supposed to be!

In Christ's love,
Gramajo 320