Canadian government: gay parents are good parents
David on May 11th 2007
A report commissioned by the Canadian Government in 2003 (and recently made public) has found that having two moms is just as good (if not better) than having opposite-sex parents:
Children living with two mothers and children living with a mother and father have the same levels and qualities of social competence.”
Professor Paul Hastings of Concordia University reached the report’s conclusion after reviewing existing research relating to the impact on children of being raised in different family type. Be one of the first to see the results: download a copy of the report by clicking here (7MB).
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It looks like this is not a study per se, but an extensive literature review, focusing on Social Competence in children, raised by different types of parental combinations.
Dr. Fiona Tasker of School of Psychology, Birkbeck College University of London had published another similar review in Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics in June 2005, focusing on “Key Developmental Outcomes” such as
-Family Relationships and Parenting,
-Psychological Adjustment,
-Peer Relationships and Peer Prejudice, and
-Psychosexual Development: Gender Role Development and Sexual Orientation.