Farr, Rachel H. “Does parental sexual orientation matter? A longitudinal follow-up of adoptive families with school-age children.” Developmental psychology 53.2 (2017): 252. This article sets out to explore what consequences adoption by same-sex couples has on children in comparison with those who get adopted by other-sex couples. The author states that, according to psychological literature, children’s well-being is reliant on family’s functioning rather than on its structure. Results of the study have proven that to be true, since no disparities were found on in accordance with parents’ sexual orientation. The implications that this has, according to the author, is that more supportive policies and corresponding laws in relation to parenting by same-sex couples have to be advanced.
Miller, Benjamin Graham, Stephanie Kors, and Jenny Macfie. “No differences? Meta-analytic comparisons of psychological adjustment in children of gay fathers and heterosexual parents.” Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 4.1 (2017): 14. The authors of this article decide to focus on the children of gay men as compared to those of heterosexual parents in their study. Using meta-analysis to assess the psychological adjustment of children depending on their parents’ sexuality, this study has shown that the results of children with gay male parents were remarkably better than those of children from traditional families in all analytical models. What this outcome might lead to, as the authors hope, is the advancement of gay fathers’ socioeconomic status, since they, according to all indicators, seem to actually be well prepared for parenthood.
Tasker, Fiona, and Clifford Bellamy. “Adoption by same-sex couples–reaffirming evidence: could more children be placed?.” Family Law (2019). This study refers to a review in this journal from a decade before and contemplates assessing empirical evidence of the benefits for children who were adopted by same-sex parents in three areas. Furthermore, the motivations behind gay and lesbian couples’ desire to adopt are examined, and their willingness to consider adoption of children who deem to be hard-to-place is reflected upon. Being satisfied with the results of the study, the authors speculate whether even more can be done to place children waiting for adoption in suitable environments led by same-sex couples.
Works Cited
Farr, Rachel H. “Does parental sexual orientation matter? A longitudinal follow-up of adoptive families with school-age children.” Developmental psychology 53.2 (2017): 252. Web.
Miller, Benjamin Graham, Stephanie Kors, and Jenny Macfie. “No differences? Meta-analytic comparisons of psychological adjustment in children of gay fathers and heterosexual parents.” Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 4.1 (2017): 14. Web.
Tasker, Fiona, and Clifford Bellamy. “Adoption by same-sex couples–reaffirming evidence: could more children be placed?.” Family Law (2019). Web.