Although it’s a small group, composed of 78 children raised in homes with two lesbian parents, the Williams Institute has found that within their study over the last 24 years, there has been ZERO physical or sexual abuse among the children.
Within the regular population, 26 percent of American adolescents report physical abuse and 8.3 percent report sexual abuse.
According to the authors,
"The absence of child abuse in lesbian mother families is particularly noteworthy, because victimization of children is pervasive and its consequences can be devastating. To the extent that our findings are replicated by other researchers, these reports from adolescents with lesbian mothers have implications for healthcare professionals, policymakers, social service agencies, and child protection experts who seek family models in which violence does not occur."
