The phrase
"heterosexual parents" refers to a mom and a dad who are attracted to individuals of the opposite sex and are raising children together.
Full definition
For instance: «children growing up with same sex parents do at least as well as children
with heterosexual parents on a range of psychological, social and educational measures».
Overall, the research indicates that the children of lesbian and gay parents do not differ from the children
of heterosexual parents in their development, adjustment, or overall well - being.
According to his findings, children raised by homosexual parents are more likely than those raised by
married heterosexual parents to suffer from poor impulse control, depression and suicidal thoughts.
Same - sex parents share the same concerns that
face heterosexual parents when they are deciding to have children, including time, money, and parental responsibilities.
According to a new study, foster - care children adopted by gay and lesbian parents do just as well as those adopted
by heterosexual parents.
«To the best of my knowledge this is the first study that has followed children adopted by lesbian, gay and
heterosexual parents over time from early to middle childhood,» said study author Rachel Farr, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky.
According to the Pew Research Center, just 46 percent of minors today live with «two married
heterosexual parents in their first marriage.»
With more than 20 years of experience and more than 1,500 babies born, Circle Surrogacy is one of the oldest and largest surrogacy agencies serving LGBTQ + and
heterosexual parents all over the world.
Studies comparing groups of children raised by gays and by
heterosexual parents find no developmental differences between the two groups of children in four critical areas: their intelligence, psychological adjustment, social adjustment, and popularity with friends.
In any case, the question Prof. Hart raises about the existence of research on the complementarity of gendered parenting styles
among heterosexual parents is utterly irrelevant to the question before the court.
BALTIMORE, MD — Compared to a national sample
of heterosexual parents, gay fathers report similar parenting behavior and measures of wellbeing in their children, according to new research to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2016 Meeting.
These results support many positive outcomes among adoptive families headed by lesbian, gay or
heterosexual parents over time, Farr said.
Research and empirical evidence suggests that gay parents are as likely
as heterosexual parents to provide supportive home environments for children.
The traditional model of the western nuclear family, consisting of
married heterosexual parents and their legitimate offspring, has undergone enormous change in the last two hundred years — attaching family status to unmarried partnerships and legalizing same - sex marriage are only the most recent changes — perhaps expectations as to exclusivity and the dyadic nature of committed relationships are next.
Previous research shows that gay and lesbian individuals are as effective in parenting as heterosexuals, and that children raised by gay or lesbian parents are as well - adjusted as their peers raised
by heterosexual parents.
On the contrary, the scientific research that has directly compared outcomes for children with gay and lesbian parents with outcomes for children with
heterosexual parents has consistently shown that the former are as fit and capable as the latter and that their children are as psychologically healthy and well adjusted as children reared by heterosexual parents.
On the one hand, they affirm all the research that shows the greater benefits to children of intact,
heterosexual parenting, and they take a particularly strong stand on the need to reconnect fathers to families for the sake of both men's and children's welfare.
A Catholic adoption agency was told this summer by England's Charity Commission that it could not place children only with
heterosexual parents.
This body of research has shown that the adjustment, development and psychological well - being of children are unrelated to parental sexual orientation and that the children of lesbian and gay parents are as likely as those of
heterosexual parents to flourish.
Indeed, evidence to date suggests home environments provided by lesbian and gay parents support and enable children's psychosocial growth, just as do those provided by
heterosexual parents (Patterson, 1995).
No studies have found risks to or disadvantages for children growing up in families with one or more gay parents, compared to children growing up with
heterosexual parents (Perrin, 2002).
It's not exactly clear what «traditional» means to Carson, but we can assume that he means a family with two
heterosexual parents, two children, and a dog, which would leave out families with same - sex parents, single parents, divorced families, blended families, and multi-racial families.
The researchers noted that the children adopted by gay and lesbian parents had more risk factors than those adopted by
heterosexual parents.
Indeed, there are far more similarities than differences among children of lesbian and
heterosexual parents, according to the study.
As
a heterosexual parent, I may have said the same thing — that children need both a mother and a father.
A new report summarizes old research into a comprehensive analysis of same sex versus
heterosexual parents.
Court decisions that favor
a heterosexual parent over a gay or lesbian parent in a custody dispute often do not consider important social science research on parenting by gay and lesbian individuals, according to a new review from Drexel University.
Compared to a national sample of
heterosexual parents, gay fathers report similar parenting behavior and measures of wellbeing in their children, according to new research to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2016 Meeting.
The researchers found no differences between those with same - sex or
heterosexual parents.
These family units are here to stay, and deserve the same measure of protection as families where
the heterosexual parents share genetic links.
According to a study by Pew Research, only about 46 % of children in America live with married,
heterosexual parents — what was once considered a traditional household.
Coming out to
heterosexual parents is announcing, «I'm not the child you thought I was.
These family units are here to stay, and deserve the same measure of protection as families where
the heterosexual parents share genetic links.
Most research shows that children of same - sex parents fare just as well as children with
heterosexual parents.
Sixty of the children were placed with
heterosexual parents, and 22 with gay or lesbian parents.
The findings of this study also fit well with the broader parenting literature, which has typically reported that there only very small differences or no differences at all between same - sex and
heterosexual parents.
Gender - typed behavior over time in children with lesbian, gay, and
heterosexual parents.
The one thing that children of LGBTQ parents differed on compared to their peers with
heterosexual parents was their experience of being taunted or teased based on the sexuality of their parent (s).6 This finding mirrors many of the differences found in other research with LGBTQ samples, 7,8,9 in that the differences that are found are often attributable to the differential treatment that LGBTQ individuals (and their children) receive from society.
In Contact with Birth Family in Adoptive Families Headed by Lesbian, Gay Male and
Heterosexual Parents (Children and Youth Services Review, March 2016, 62, 9 - 17), Brodzinsky and Goldberg analyze the extent and type of contact between birth and adoptive families.
There are things to consider and attend to
that heterosexual parents take for granted.
Lesbians choosing motherhood: a comparative study of lesbian and
heterosexual parents and their children