Adolescent children of same-sex couples

Kellie Bartlett

A glance at the November/December issue of Child Development: Adolescent children of same-sex couples

Adolescents who grow up in the care of same-sex couples are as well adjusted as their peers in households with opposite-sex parents, according to a study by Charlotte J. Patterson, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia; Stephen T. Russell, a professor of human development at the University of Arizona; and Jennifer Wainright, a doctoral student in psychology at