Will Children Develop Problems Growing up in an 'Unnatural' Lifestyle?

Question: Will Children Develop Problems Growing up in an 'Unnatural' Lifestyle?

Answer:

The studies conclude that children of gay or lesbian parents are no different than their counterparts raised by heterosexual parents. In "Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents," a 1992, article in Child Development, Charlotte Patterson states, "Despite dire predictions about children based on well-known theories of psychosocial development, and despite the accumulation of substantial body of research investigating these issues, not a single study has found children of gay or lesbian parents to be disadvantages in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents."

SOURCES
Working with Gay and Lesbian Adoptive Parents
Sexual Orientation, Parents, & Children - Adopted by the APA Council of Representatives July 28 & 30, 2004.

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