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DIVERSITY IN PARENTING

Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents

A Review of the Literature

Pages 57-75 | Published online: 12 Oct 2008

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Salvatore Monaco & Urban Nothdurfter. (2023) Discovered, made visible, constructed, and left out: LGBT+ parenting in the Italian sociological debate. Journal of Family Studies 29:2, pages 471-488.
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AliciaL. Fedewa & TeresaP. Clark. (2009) Parent Practices and Home-School Partnerships: A Differential Effect for Children with Same-Sex Coupled Parents?. Journal of GLBT Family Studies 5:4, pages 312-339.
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Hee-Sook Choi, CandriceA. Thul, KennethS. Berenhaut, CynthiaK. Suerken & JamesL. Norris. (2006) Survey of School Psychologists' Attitudes, Feelings, and Exposure to Gay and Lesbian Parents and Their Children. Journal of Applied School Psychology 22:1, pages 87-107.
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KarenI. Fredriksen-Goldsen & PaulineI. Erera. (2004) Lesbian-Headed Stepfamilies. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment 8:2-3, pages 171-187.
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K. Vanfraussen, I. Ponjaert-Kristoffersen & A. Brewaeys. (2002) What does it mean for youngsters to grow up in a lesbian family created by means of donor insemination?. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 20:4, pages 237-252.
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