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. 2002 Feb;109(2):341-4.
doi: 10.1542/peds.109.2.341.

Technical report: coparent or second-parent adoption by same-sex parents

Ellen C Perrin; Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health

Technical report: coparent or second-parent adoption by same-sex parents

Ellen C Perrin et al. Pediatrics. 2002 Feb.

Abstract

A growing body of scientific literature demonstrates that children who grow up with 1 or 2 gay and/or lesbian parents fare as well in emotional, cognitive, social, and sexual functioning as do children whose parents are heterosexual. Children's optimal development seems to be influenced more by the nature of the relationships and interactions within the family unit than by the particular structural form it takes.

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  • Coparent or second-parent adoption by same-sex parents.
    Field SS. Field SS. Pediatrics. 2002 Jun;109(6):1193; author reply 1193-4. doi: 10.1542/peds.109.6.1193-a. Pediatrics. 2002. PMID: 12042577 No abstract available.
  • Adoption by same-sex parents.
    Martín-Ancel A. Martín-Ancel A. Pediatrics. 2002 Aug;110(2 Pt 1):419-20; author reply 420. doi: 10.1542/peds.110.2.419-a. Pediatrics. 2002. PMID: 12165607 No abstract available.
  • Adoption by same-sex parents.
    Farnsworth RY. Farnsworth RY. Pediatrics. 2002 Aug;110(2 Pt 1):419; author reply 420. doi: 10.1542/peds.110.2.419. Pediatrics. 2002. PMID: 12187917 No abstract available.

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