Gay Adoption in the United States
Gay adoption in the United States
Karlene Porter
Axia College of University of Phoenix
Research Writing
COM. 220
Tony Salinger
March 06, 2010
Gay adoption in the United States As of October 9, 2009, there are approximately 123,000 children waiting to be adopted in the United Sates alone (U.S. Children’s Bureau, 2010). My partner and I of 11 years adopted my biological niece. In February 2003 we were awarded permanent custody although we were seeking temporary custody until her mother was mentally stable enough to take her back. However, the mother was allowed to have supervised visits that continued for two years and then she stopped showing and we have not had contact since. Last year my partner and I legally adopted her and after many trial and tribulations in her young life she is a happy and well adjusted little girl who love princesses, Barbie, and hope to one day marry her best friend Luke. Studies are shown in the direction of non-existence in which a parents ' sexual orientation can not cause any disadvantage to their adopted children. “Findings are presented of a longitudinal study of the sexual orientation of adults who had been raised as children in lesbian families. Twenty-five children of lesbian mothers and a control group of 21 children of heterosexual single mothers were first seen at age 9.5 years on average, and again at age 23.5 years on average”.(Golombok & Tasker, 1996) Even though children are open to the elements to a single sexuality, children need role models.
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Latest statistics from the U.S. Census 2000, the National Survey of Family Growth (2002), and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (2004)
A parents ' sexual orientation is not known to have caused any disadvantage to their adoptive children. Children raised in a single-parent family are at a disadvantage of poverty because there is not a second parent to help care and provide extra attention that only one parent can give. The
Karlene Porter
Axia College of University of Phoenix
Research Writing
COM. 220
Tony Salinger
March 06, 2010
Gay adoption in the United States As of October 9, 2009, there are approximately 123,000 children waiting to be adopted in the United Sates alone (U.S. Children’s Bureau, 2010). My partner and I of 11 years adopted my biological niece. In February 2003 we were awarded permanent custody although we were seeking temporary custody until her mother was mentally stable enough to take her back. However, the mother was allowed to have supervised visits that continued for two years and then she stopped showing and we have not had contact since. Last year my partner and I legally adopted her and after many trial and tribulations in her young life she is a happy and well adjusted little girl who love princesses, Barbie, and hope to one day marry her best friend Luke. Studies are shown in the direction of non-existence in which a parents ' sexual orientation can not cause any disadvantage to their adopted children. “Findings are presented of a longitudinal study of the sexual orientation of adults who had been raised as children in lesbian families. Twenty-five children of lesbian mothers and a control group of 21 children of heterosexual single mothers were first seen at age 9.5 years on average, and again at age 23.5 years on average”.(Golombok & Tasker, 1996) Even though children are open to the elements to a single sexuality, children need role models.
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Latest statistics from the U.S. Census 2000, the National Survey of Family Growth (2002), and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (2004)
A parents ' sexual orientation is not known to have caused any disadvantage to their adoptive children. Children raised in a single-parent family are at a disadvantage of poverty because there is not a second parent to help care and provide extra attention that only one parent can give. The
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