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Research on lesbian mother families 1970s‐2016
• Large body of research on children in lesbian mother families
– Longitudinal studies followed up children to adulthood
– Children in lesbian mother families from birth
– General population samples of children in lesbian mother families – Meta‐analyses
Consistent findings
• No difference in psychological adjustment of children
• No difference in gender development of children
• Co‐mothers are more involved with children than are fathers
• Large majority of children identify as heterosexual in adulthood
– Girls more likely to have had same‐sex relationships
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