Lesbians as parents - A preliminary comparison of heterosexual and homosexual mothers and their children

This is a preliminary report on the psychosocial development of prepubescent children who live with their single mothers. The major independent variable is the sexual orientation of the mothers. Data from a group of 50 women self-designated as homosexual and their children ages 3-11 are compared with responses from a matched group of 20 heterosexual single mothers and their children.