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Conclusions
• Children in gay father families have positive relationships with their parents and show high levels of psychological adjustment
– Even lower levels of internalizing problems in children of gay fathers
Broader implications
• Family processes are more important than family structure for child adjustment
– Quality of parenting and stigmatization are more influential than the gender or sexual orientation of parents or conception through surrogacy and egg donation
• Men can be just as competent at parenting women
• Presenceofamaleorfemaleparentisnotessential for children’s positive psychological adjustment
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