Posted on 11/16/2004 4:45:36 PM PST by siliconpatriot
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers raised by two women appear to be as well adjusted as those who are raised by male-female couples, a new report indicates.
"Their adjustment is pretty normal - that is, indistinguishable from a matched group of kids being raised by opposite-sex parents," said study author Dr. Charlotte J. Patterson of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Specifically, teens with same-sex parents appeared to be no more likely to have psychological problems, struggle at school, try intercourse, or have problems at home, the investigators found.
Critics have argued that same-sex parents "may in some way harm the children that are raised in these households," Patterson told Reuters Health. "And I think that our results speak to that concern, to some degree."
Previous research about children raised by same-sex parents has shown that by and large they tend to fare as well as their peers raised by a man and woman.
One study of teenagers raised by divorced lesbians found they had similar self-esteem as teenagers of divorced heterosexual parents, and appeared to fare better if their mothers had a partner living at home, their fathers were supportive of the relationship, and they learned of their mothers' orientation when they were relatively young.
To investigate further how teenagers fare with same-sex parents, Patterson and her colleagues reviewed information collected from a national sample of 44 12- to 18-year olds -- 23 girls and 21 boys -- living with mothers in same-sex partnerships.
The researchers compared those adolescents to 44 teens with mothers in opposite-sex relationships.
As reported in the journal Child Development, the investigators found that, overall, teens with parents in same-sex relationships appeared to have relatively high levels of self-esteem, little anxiety, few signs of depression, and to do well in school.
Boy to friend: "I'd like you to meet my Mom. Good to meet you Mrs. Smith... where's your husband Mr. Smith?"
Totally Bogus Study. Not a RANDOM sampling.
Look at their findings:
(Children) appeared to fare better IF their mothers had a partner living at home, (IF) their fathers were supportive of the relationship, and (IF) they learned of their mothers' orientation when they were relatively young.
Given that many (IF)s, what relationship to the REAL WORLD does this Same Sex study have?
NONE.
Besides females are LESS likely to be sexual predators and thus these "researchers have DELIBERATELY excluded Male homosexuals
It's pro-HOMOSEXUAL Propaganda.
Yeah and it's showing up in Yahoo Health as if this is a startling new discovery...
It truly is very, very sad.
I know if my mom had ditched my dad for another woman I would have freaked regardless of if he "approved".
Nothing of statistical significance can be said of 44 families. But I personally think that sexual attraction isn't "learned", so when a significant study comes out I expect to see no differences between straight couples.
What I do expect to see is a population of kids who are embarrassed to go out in public with their two daddies. Even in NYC, that translates to social harassment for eternity.
Most excellent job of "outing" Prof. Patterson. I wonder if her "partner" calls her "Chuck"?
She's been pushing these studies of lesbian mothers, studies with microscopic sample sizes, and making a living giving "expert" testimony in custody cases, right along. Of course the press gives her credibility.
Wonder if the author of the story is another one. Probably.
It's nice to see she's overcome her case of Post Election Selection Trauma.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identities over the Lifespan
Psychological Perspectives
Anthony R. D'Augelli Charlotte J. Patterson
0195082311, hardback, 472 pages
Feb 1995, In Stock
$49.50 (04)
$5.25 (US), $10.00 (INTL)
Table of Contents
PART I: Concepts of Sexual Identity
1. Lesbian Identities,
2. Gay Male Identities,
3. Bisexual Identities,
4. Issues of Sexual Identity in an Ethnic Minority: The Case of Chinese American Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals,
5. Biological Perspectives on Sexual Orientation,
6. Social Constructionism: Implications for Lesbian and Gay Psychology,
PART II: Personal Development Over the Lifespan
7. Lesbian and Gay Adolescence,
8. Lesbians and Gay Men in Midlife,
9. Development in Later Life: Older Lesbian and Gay Lives,
PART III: Relationships and Families
10. Lesbian and Gay Male Close Relationships,
11. Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children,
PART IV: Community and Contextual Issues
12. Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Communities,
13. Stigma, Heterosexism, and Victimization,
14. The Impact of the HIV Epidemic on U.S. Gay Male Communities,
15. Psychotherapy with Lesbians and Gay Men,
I'm sure it can work out sometimes.
But I'd have to say that this type of behavior should be discouraged at least.
Instead it's actually being ENcouraged.
Kids have enough trouble when their parents go thru a normal divorce, add same sex in the mix and you have a "witches" brew of hell.
Sure, as normal as you can be while insisting that you can screw a lightbulb into another lightbulb and have no need for the socket...
'Wonder if the author of the story is another one. Probably.'
You can draw you own conclusions after scanning her articles pushing the gay agenda for a long time. Just click the link below for the search on Alison McCook Gay:
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Alison%20McCook%20Gay
Talk to these kids when they are in their 40's and see what they tell you than.
The problem with all of these studies of children raised by gay parents is that nearly all of the researchers who have conducted them have been homosexual themselves, and the issue of bias which would inevitabilty be brought up had the researchers been heterosexual and/or culturally conservative is never addressed.
Charlotte J. Patterson is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. Since receiving her Ph.D. in Psychology at Stanford University in 1975, she has pursued research and teaching in developmental psychology. She has published widely in the areas of social and personal development among children and adolescents, with an emphasis on the family, school, and peer contexts of social development. Patterson has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals and is currently Associate Editor of the Merrill-Palmer Quarterly. Her research has been supported by the Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues, the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health, and by the U. S. Office on Child Abuse and Neglect.
At present, Patterson continues her work on the Charlottesville Longitudinal Study, focusing on issues related to risk and resilience among a large group of schoolchildren. She also serves as director of the Bay Area Families Study, a study of psychosocial development among children who were born to or adopted by lesbian mothers, and co-director of the Contemporary Families Study,which examines psychosocial adjustment among children born via donor insemination to lesbian and heterosexual parents.
In addition to her research, Patterson has co-edited a number of books, and has served as guest editor for a special issue of Developmental Psychology devoted to research on Sexual Orientation and Human Development, published in 1995. She has won numerous awards, including the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from Division 44 of the American Psychological Association, and the Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association Committee on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns.
"The problem with all of these studies of children raised by gay parents is that nearly all of the researchers who have conducted them have been homosexual themselves, and the issue of bias which would inevitabilty be brought up had the researchers been heterosexual and/or culturally conservative is never addressed.
And her friends call her Chuck or Chuckie!
This really isn't complicated.
God created man.
God created woman.
He gave them compatible body parts.
He put them together to bear and raise children.
He stood back and called it Good.
How then, can anything contrary to that original formula be "good"?
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