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- Title
School experiences of the children of lesbian and gay parents.
- Authors
Ray, Vivien; Gregory, Robin
- Abstract
Research suggests that the children of gay and lesbian parents have similar psychological adjustment to children growing up in more traditional family structures. Nevertheless, these children may face some particular challenges. More than one-third (36 per cent) of lesbian and gay parents of primary school children and more than two-thirds (67 per cent) of parents with children in secondary school described their children as having felt isolated or different. Almost one-third (32 per cent) of gay and lesbian parents with children in primary school and over one-third (39 per cent) of parents with children in secondary school described the omission of issues concerning gays and lesbians from school curricula as something their children had experienced. Eighteen per cent of parents of primary school students and 28 per cent of the parents who had children in secondary school reported that their children had experienced teasing or bullying. The finding from overseas research concerning the mental well being of children raised by lesbian mothers and gay fathers, suggests that the sample of children in the current research is likely to have similar overall levels of adjustment as children raised by heterosexual parents.
- Subjects
CHILDREN of gay parents; SAME-sex parents; GAY fathers; LESBIAN mothers; CHILD development; CHILDREN of lesbian mothers
- Publication
Family Matters, 2001, Issue 59, p28
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article