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A new and extensive 20 year study followed the development of 78 teens being raised in Lesbian families. The study has proven that Lesbian and Gay parents are superior to the “traditional parenting structure”. Additionally children raised in Lesbian and Gay families are superior to their “traditional family” peers.

When compared to teens of the same age, adolescents raised by lesbian parents are doing just fine socially, psychologically and academically, new research finds.

Not only that, they have fewer social problems, and less aggressive and rule-breaking behaviors than other teens.

The nearly 20-year study has followed 78 teens since their lesbian mothers were planning their pregnancies, and concluded that these children “demonstrate healthy psychological adjustment.” These findings stand in contrast to what some vocal opponents of gay or lesbian parents might have expected.

“One of the things that opponents of the equalities of gays and lesbians — in marriage, parenting, adoption and foster care — often bring up is the so-called gold standard of parenting, which defined by them is the traditional family where children are conceived in traditional ways and not through insemination or surrogates. But, when we compared the adolescents in our study to the so-called gold standard, we found the teens with lesbian mothers were actually doing better,” said study author Dr. Nanette Gartrell, the Williams Distinguished Scholar at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law.

As to why these teens are doing better, Gartrell said, “Moms in the lesbian family are very committed, very involved parents.”

Gartrell said she expects that these findings would also translate to the children of gay male parents as well. “Gay male parents are another group of very committed parents, and really, [among gay male couples] only economically privileged gay men have access to the opportunity to become parents right now,” she said.

Family therapist Andrew Roffman, at the New York University Langone Medical Center, wasn’t surprised by the findings and agreed that such results would likely be similar for gay male parents.

“Good parenting makes for healthier children, regardless of your sexual orientation. Whether you’re gay, straight or lesbian, good parenting is good parenting,” said Roffman.

Results of Gartrell’s study will be published in the July issue of Pediatrics.

Compared to the traditionally reared teens, adolescents with lesbian parents rated significantly higher in social, academic and total competence, according to the study. The teens with lesbian parents also rated significantly lower when it came to social problems, rule-breaking and aggressive behavior than teens raised in more traditional families.

Even in homes where the lesbian parents had split up, the researchers found that those teens still fared better than teens from more traditional families.

via Kids With Lesbian Parents Do Just Fine – US News and World Report.

This is the second major study proving conclusively that not only are children raised by Lesbian or Gay parents mentally healthy and well adapted but actually are superior to children raised in “traditional families”.

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