"Perhaps many heterosexual couples with children and less than
harmonious households could learn something."
--"New York Times"
"An effortless how-to book that would be recommended
hand-me-down reading for prospective same-sex parents from those
who've fingered the pages within."
--"Metapsychology Online Book Review"
The gay and lesbian community is experiencing a baby boom.
Advances in gay rights coupled with increased availability of
alternative reproduction techniques have led to an unprecedented
number of openly gay and lesbian parents. Estimates are that
between 6 and 14 million children in the United States are being
raised by at least one parent who is gay. Yet, very little is known
about how gay or lesbian headed families function, or whether they
differ in any relevant ways from families headed by straight
parents.
Written by two developmental psychologists, The Gay Baby Boom
reports the findings of The Gay and Lesbian Family Study, the
largest national assessment of gay and lesbian headed families. By
asking participants detailed questions about the way they parent,
the authors are able to describe for the first time exactly what
takes place within gay and lesbian headed families across the
county. Traditional research has tended to assume that there is
something uniquely different and potentially psychologically
damaging about children being raised by gays. The authors draw on
their data to show these fears unfounded.
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