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The Gay Baby Boom : The Psychology of Gay Parenthood / Suzanne Johnson and Elizabeth O'Connor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Suzanne M., 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parent and child.
- Parenting.
- Children of gay parents--Psychology.
- Children of gay parents.
- Gay parents.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Contents:
- Ask the experts : what makes a good parent?
- The (nonbiological) ties that bind
- Are the children normal?
- Family life in gay and lesbian families
- The challenges of studying gay and lesbian parents
- The national study of gay and lesbian parents
- Creating a family
- Gay and lesbian parents' beliefs about parenting
- Life within gay and lesbian families.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-190) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780814743447
- 0814743447
- 9780814743775
- 0814743773
- OCLC:
- 779828131
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