Perceptions of Children's Parental Preferences in Lesbian Two-Mother Households

Autor/inn/en	Goldberg, Abbie E.; Downing, Jordan B.; Sauck, Christine C.
Titel	Perceptions of Children's Parental Preferences in Lesbian Two-Mother Households
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 70 (2008) 2, S.419-434 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00491.x
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Females; Homosexuality; Young Children; Parent Child Relationship; Genetics; Affective Behavior; Child Behavior; Emotional Response; Social Influences; Family Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Weibliches Geschlecht; Homosexualität; Frühe Kindheit; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Humangenetik; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Emotionales Verhalten; Sozialer Einfluss; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem
Abstract	This study explores how lesbian mothers perceive their 3 1/2-year-old children's parental preferences in families in which one mother is genetically linked to the child. Thirty lesbian couples (60 women) were interviewed about their children's parental preferences, their explanations of why preferences for one parent existed (or not), and their affective and behavioral reactions to such preferences. Many women acknowledged that their children, as infants, preferred their birth mothers due to biological factors (i.e., breastfeeding) or differential time spent with the child. Despite this initial preference, most women perceived little stability in children's preferences over time, such that children preferred both mothers equally. Findings support the power of "social motherhood" in fostering maternal connections that transcend biological relatedness over time. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10