Importance of acceptance of gay and lesbian adoption
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David Brodzinsky, PhD Psychologist & Author, explains why it is so important and beneficial for children that society accepts gay and lesbian adoption
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It’s important that children have the widest array of people who are available to adopt them for a number of reasons. There are over 100 thousand children today in the foster care system, freed for adoption but still lingering in care. The goal is to try to make available as many suitable individuals as possible. Gay and lesbian parents should be allowed to be assessed, to be evaluated like all other parents and if found suitable, to be able to adopt children like their heterosexual counterparts. Gay and lesbian parents make great parents – the research supports it, my clinical experience supports it.
David Brodzinsky, PhD Psychologist & Author, explains why it is so important and beneficial for children that society accepts gay and lesbian adoption
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David Brodzinsky, PhDPsychologist & Author
David Brodzinsky is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Foster Care Counseling Project at Rutgers University. He also maintains an active private practice serving the clinical needs of children and families, including individuals who are part of the adoption triad. Brodzinsky has written and lectured extensively in the fields of developmental and clinical psychology and is an internationally known expert in the field of adoption. He is co-author of such well-known books as, The Psychology of Adoption, Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self, and Children's Adjustment to Adoption: Developmental and Clinical Issues.
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