UVa study-Teens with Same-Sex Parents as Normal as Peers

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=751&e=1&u=/nm/20041116/hl_nm/parents_teens_dc

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers raised by two women appear to be as well adjusted as those who are raised by male-female couples, a new report indicates.

Specifically, teens with same-sex parents appeared to be no more likely to have psychological problems, struggle at school, try intercourse, or have problems at home, the investigators found.

To investigate further how teenagers fare with same-sex parents, Patterson and her colleagues reviewed information collected from a national sample of 44 12- to 18-year olds -- 23 girls and 21 boys -- living with mothers in same-sex partnerships.


The researchers compared those adolescents to 44 teens with mothers in opposite-sex relationships.

Patterson noted that teens who appeared to be most well adjusted in school also tended to have a particularly warm and close relationship with their parents. Clearly, parental closeness is connected to teenage well-being, she added; whether one causes the other is still unclear.

[pnutchuck]

1. Why aren't they studying the effect

of outsourcing American jobs leaving parents unemployed, increased alcoholism, and higher rates of divorce? Or are they just so worried about their precious corporations having to share benefits and dole out a few bucks to same sex couples?