{"id":3806,"date":"2009-09-26T08:50:14","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T08:50:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-09-26T08:50:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T08:50:14","slug":"study-gay-parents-just-as-fit-to-adopt-as-straight-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2009\/09\/study-gay-parents-just-as-fit-to-adopt-as-straight-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Gay parents just as fit to adopt as straight parents"},"content":{"rendered":"
The sexual orientation of adoptive parents does not have an impact on the emotional development of their children, according to a new study. <\/p>\n
Paige Averett, an assistant professor of social work at East Carolina University, said in a statement, “We found that sexual orientation of the adoptive parents was not a significant predictor of emotional problems<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Averett’s team questioned nearly 1,400 couples in the U.S. – including 155 gay and lesbian parents. In addition, they used information from Florida’s public child welfare system for the study.<\/p>\n Each couple was questioned about themselves and their children, the family composition\/dynamics, and the history of the child before the adoption. The researchers said the findings – which are reported in the journal Adoption Quarterly<\/strong><\/a> – are important because it compares gay and lesbian and heterosexual couples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The sexual orientation of adoptive parents does not have an impact on the emotional development of their children, according to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[468,10],"yoast_head":"\n