Children raised by lesbians 'have fewer behavioural problems'

[Donald Ian Rankin]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7810111/Children-raised-by-lesbians-have-fewer-behavioural-problems.html

Children raised by lesbian parents develop into psychologically sound adolescents and have fewer behavioural problems than their peers, a long-running study has found.


Teenagers brought up by lesbians achieved better results in school and had a more active social life, the research discovered.

They were also less likely than children of heterosexual parents to engage in aggressive behaviour of break rules.

Researchers concluded that the main cause was because the mothers, who conceived their babies through artificial insemination, were "committed parents" aware that their children may face difficulties at school because of their upbringing.

They therefore took an active interest in their child's education and many chose to attend parenting classes. The mothers also tended to be older than mothers who had conceived naturally.

Nanette Gartrell, of the University of California and who led the research, said: ''Contrary to assertions from people opposed to same-sex parenting, we found that the 17-year-olds scored higher in psychological adjustment in areas of competency and lower in problem behaviours than the normative age-matched sample of kids raised in traditional families with a mum and a dad."

"These are not accidental children," Mrs Gartrell told WebMD Health News. "The mums tended to be older and attended parenting classes. They were very involved in the process of education ."

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[BlueJazz]

1. I'm not really surprised by this study. The 4 people I've known who were raised..

...by either single or dual Lesbians parents have been wonderful enlightened individuals.

[Mari333]

2. think of the social roles formulated by patriarchal overbearing males in some families

specifically religious families where dad is angry and thinks he is the head of the home and where mom is relegated to secondary status. that has to be unhealthy as hell for kids to grow up in.

then you have 2 mothers, or 2 fathers, who are equal and loving partners who dont play out those ridiculous societal roles, and you often get a healthy well rounded intelligent human being.

that says a lot.

[stray cat]

3. now we can blame heterosexual couples for childhood delinquincy?

[mainer]

4. I'm assuming they controlled for number of children in the family?

Since lesbians have to go through so much additional effort just to have children, they probably have fewer children per family. Which means more attention per child.

[izquierdista]

5. You mean there's no lesbian Duggars?

[HuckleB]

6. K & R.