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Zanghellini (2007) discovered that 29% of his teeenage respondents had never met anyone else that lived a homosexual or had a bisexual parent, signifying that the option of loneliness is extremely genuine for teenagers. Possibly unconstructive results of any such separation have not, however, been exposed in examination to date (Epstein, R. (2005), P. 30-23). People believed that children would benefit from encouragement groups entailing of other children of gay or lesbian parents, and teen agers questioned by psychologist concurred, but regular assessments of such groups have not been given further details. It is obvious, however, that current research does not give any basis for thinking that children's better interests are offered by family disagreement or confidentiality concerning a parent's sexual identity, or by conditions that a gay or lesbian parent preserve a household distinct from that of a partner of the same sex.
In conclusion, there is not a shred of proof to say that lesbians and gay men are unfit to be parents or that mental development among children of gay men or lesbians is cooperated in any respect relative to that amid children of heterosexual parents. Not a solitary study has unearthed children of gay or lesbian parents to be underprivileged in any important admiration deference to children of heterosexual parents. Certainly, the indication to date proposes that home environments given by gay and lesbian parents are as possible as those offered by heterosexual parents to support and allow children's psychosocial development.
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