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Longitudinal study finds kids raised by same-sex parents are perfectly fine

A new report has highlighted again that children raised in same-sex families or by single parents are equal to those children raised by heterosexual parents.

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Nanette Gartrell, the lead author of the report, began recruiting families into her long term study in the late 1970’s and early 1980s.

They’ve previously reported on the kids well-being at the age of 10 and 17 and found that their psychological well-being and quality of life was the same as the heterosexual raised counterparts. Now those kids are 25 years old – and there still doing great.

The children of lesbians had no more behavioral or emotional problems than did a representative sample of kids their age. Their relationships with family, friends, spouses or partners were the same, and they were no more likely to have diagnosable or near-diagnosable psychiatric disorders. They were exactly the same as the children raised by same-sex parents.

Read more about the report in the LA Times.

OIP Staff, Photo by Alexander Dummer on Unsplash

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