Perceptions of children's parental preferences in lesbian two-mother households

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 419-434

  Goldberg, Abbie E ^a   Downing, Jordan B ^a   Sauck, Christine C ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Lesbian; Mother child relations; Motherhood; Qualitative; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849108121     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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