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.
Exactly.
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.
For examples, read through the following replies in Scripter's Homosexual Agenda: Categorical Index of Links (Revision 1.1) thread:
Reply 272: An excerpt from "Are children of gay parents worse off?"
Reply 283: An excerpt from "Professional Pediatrics Group Discourages Gay Parenting"
Reply 284: "Documenting the pro-homosexual activism in the American Academy of Pediatrics"
There is a mine of information here on FR, and anyone who persists in remaining ill-informed about the real nature of homosexuality and its agenda will continue to get hassled by ME!
Thanks, EdReform!
Most excellent job of "outing" Prof. Patterson... 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.
Ditto! Excellent documentation, Dave.
Another such pro-homosexual parenting researcher is Ellen Perrin - see the documentation posted in reply 284 in Scripter's Homosexual Agenda: Categorical Index of Links (Revision 1.1) thread.
and besides.....most kids or adults will go out of there way to appear "normal" when they are in an unfathomable position.....
not that I think that two women couldn't do a good job of raising, say dtrs only, but it really depends on what kind of homosexuals they are....
some homosexuals are very "out there" if you know what I mean...
I think others can live quietly....
You're welcome! I will be adding more documentation as time permits.
That's hillarious. (But sadly, probably true in many cases)
This sounds like a contrived study to counter the New Zeland study which found that children of lesbians hand serious mental problems.
Just from the article the concept of "divorced" lesbians does not exist at law other than in Mass.
More homsexual propaganda.
are we sure it was born a "she"? looks like a man with bad makeup...
More homsexual propaganda.
Indeed. It never ends.
Bump for later read.
Bump! Good to see you, ArGee!
What I would like to see is the comparison to children whose mothers and fathers are married to each other. There are lots of interesting demographic breakdowns that should also be studied.
The key is, since we can no longer assume a predominance of families where the mother and father are both on their first marriage, or where the first marriage was ended by death, any kind of arrangement would yield kids that match the "norm."
Shalom.
Actually, I think our pop-culture has proven that it is. Now that we have mass-marketing of beauty, the attractiveness of various body types changes with what's put on the covers of magazines. For a time the Twiggy look was in and very sexy. Playboy reminded us of the value of a C-cup.
It's no different to learn to be attracted to a member of the same sex. That's what makes human beings so unique in the mammal world - we have very few instincts.
Shalom.
I would think you have at least as much right to be homophobic, intolerant, or discriminatory as someone else has to be homosexual, wouldn't you? I mean, it's not like you CHOSE to be that way. You were BORN that way, right?
Shalom.
Make that 6,000 years.
Shalom.
Boy, that's one big "If."
I would guess if I had been raised from birth by a sow, I would think the pig pen was a pretty cool place.
How long have you known this very good friend, before or only after he had lesbian parents?
I agree..
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