Title
The Gay Baby Boom : The Psychology of Gay Parenthood / Suzanne Johnson, Elizabeth O'Connor.
ISBN
9780814743775
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2002]
Copyright
©2002
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814743775.001.0001 doi
Call Number
HQ75.27 .J64 2002
Summary
The gay and lesbian community is experiencing a baby boom. Advances in gay rights coupled with increased availability of alternative reproduction techniques have led to an unprecedented number of openly gay and lesbian parents. Estimates are that between 6 and 14 million children in the United States are being raised by at least one parent who is gay. Yet, very little is known about how gay or lesbian headed families function, or whether they differ in any relevant ways from families headed by straight parents. Written by two developmental psychologists, The Gay Baby Boom reports the findings of The Gay and Lesbian Family Study, the largest national assessment of gay and lesbian headed families. By asking participants detailed questions about the way they parent, the authors are able to describe for the first time exactly what takes place within gay and lesbian headed families across the county. Traditional research has tended to assume that there is something uniquely different and potentially psychologically damaging about children being raised by gays. The authors draw on their data to show these fears unfounded.
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System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
Available in Other Form
print 9780814742600
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part one
1. Ask the Experts: What Makes a Good Parent?
2. The (Nonbiological) Ties That Bind
3. Are the Children Normal?
4. Family Life in Gay and Lesbian Families
5. The Challenges of Studying Gay and Lesbian Parents
6. The National Study of Gay and Lesbian Parents
7. Creating a Family
Part two
8. Gay and Lesbian Parents' Beliefs about Parenting
9. Life within Gay and Lesbian Families
10. Conclusion
References
Index
About the Authors
