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Growing Up in a Lesbian Family
Effects on Child Development
Effects on Child Development
Fiona L. Tasker and Susan Golombok
Winner of the 1998 Benjamin Franklin Award for Editorial and Design Excellence, Gay/Lesbian category
"An important contribution....Tasker and Golombok have made a significant body of literature much more accessible. This book would be especially useful to mental health professionals, activists, lawyers, and judges--anyone who might be involved in making decisions about the custody of children of lesbian parents....An important book about an important subject."
-Lesbian Review of Books
"There are few landmark studies of sexual orientation, but this is one of them."
-Journal of Marriage and the Family
"Situated nicely within the literature on sexual orientation and child development, this timely monograph is a valuable addition to courses on human sexuality, family, or gender. It is both accessible enough for undergraduates and comprehensive enough for graduate students."
-Choice
"Serious, ground-breaking research....Makes a major contribution to both scientific and political debates about lesbian motherhood."
-Charlotte Patterson, University of Virginia
"On the basis of their well-designed research study and carefully considered conclusions, the authors effectively challenge assumptions about the ways in which parents of any sexuality influence their children's development."
-Lisa Saffron, author of What About the Children?
"Assumptions, prejudices, predictions, hopes, and fears aside--here are the facts!"
-Richard Green, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles
-Lesbian Review of Books
"There are few landmark studies of sexual orientation, but this is one of them."
-Journal of Marriage and the Family
"Situated nicely within the literature on sexual orientation and child development, this timely monograph is a valuable addition to courses on human sexuality, family, or gender. It is both accessible enough for undergraduates and comprehensive enough for graduate students."
-Choice
"Serious, ground-breaking research....Makes a major contribution to both scientific and political debates about lesbian motherhood."
-Charlotte Patterson, University of Virginia
"On the basis of their well-designed research study and carefully considered conclusions, the authors effectively challenge assumptions about the ways in which parents of any sexuality influence their children's development."
-Lisa Saffron, author of What About the Children?
"Assumptions, prejudices, predictions, hopes, and fears aside--here are the facts!"
-Richard Green, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles
