Background: Parents and children in LGBTQ+ parent families face unique stressors (ie,
minority stress), but also possess unique resources (ie, positive identity aspects) related to …

In this chapter, we address a dynamic that lies inextricably at the core of most family systems
around the world—that of the coparenting collaboration operative between the important …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

The present study investigated child behavior problems, parenting styles, coparenting, and
couple relationship satisfaction in 67 European gay father families via surrogacy and 67 …

Research suggests that heterosexual fathers display similar parenting behaviors as
heterosexual mothers, and have an analogous influence on children's development (Fagan …

Forty Italian gay father families formed by surrogacy were compared with 40 Italian lesbian
mother families formed by donor insemination, all with a child aged 3 to 9 years …

This study aims to explore the experience of transnational surrogacy and the relationship
with the surrogate pre-and post-birth in Italian gay father families. Couple and individual …

Adoptive parents often face stigma related to “non-traditional” family structures. Lesbian and
gay (LG) adoptive parents often face additional stigmatization based on sexual identity …

The impact of peer microaggressions and the child–teacher relationship on the social skills
of children with sexual minority parents has received little attention. The current study used a …

Social and legal equality for same-sex male couples continues to grow in many countries.
Consequently, increasing numbers of same-sex male couples are seeking assisted …