New Study Finds Children Raised By Same-Sex Couples Fare As Well As Children Raised By Different-Sex Couples

A lot of the times, people tend to think that children who were raised in homes with same-sex parents, such as two moms and two dad have disadvantages in lifer or are not really brought up as well as those children who were brought up by a mother and a father. However, a new research has proved that there is no such difference between a child reared in a same-sex couple's home and a child raised by a mother and a father.

The research, which was done by the University of Amsterdam, gathered up 95 female same-sex parent household and 95 different-sex parent household that are matched for parent and child characteristics. The families chosen by the University of Amsterdam to study is based from a very large, nationally representative study, the National Survey for Child Health.

University of Amsterdam research concentrated on households that had no history of instability, discontinuity or transitions. The researches also compared general health and emotional difficulties, as well as coping and learning behavior among children of female same-sex parents and different-sex parents in stable life conditions.

"Our study of households with no divorces or other family transitions finds that spouse-partner and parent-child relationships are similar regardless of family structure," said lead researchers Henry Bos, Ph.D., and Nanette Gartrell, M.D. "These strong relationships are important contributors to good child outcomes, not whether the parents are same-sex or different-sex," Dr. Henry Bos added.

The study from the University of Amsterdam gathered the conclusion that there were no differences to a child reared in a same-sex household to that of a child brought up by different-sex parents. The only exception to this is there is more parenting stress amongst the same-sex parents bringing up a child together.

Same-sex parenting is a big issue in the entire world, especially in America. However, this study from the University of Amsterdam gives a light on how there is no difference between a same-sex household and a different-sex household.