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Report
Civic Competence of Dutch Children in Female Same-Sex Parent Families
A comparison with children of opposite-sex parents
September 2013
This study examined whether Dutch children reared in families headed by female same-sex parents differ in civic competence from Dutch children reared by opposite-sex parents. It appeared in Youth & Society in September 2013.
Highlights
Participants included 32 children parented by female same-sex couples and 32 same-aged children parented by opposite-sex couples.
Children raised by female same-sex parents scored significantly higher on several civic competencies.
Growing up in a nontraditional family may be associated with a greater appreciation of diversity and the development of good citizenship.