Parent Practices and Home-School Partnerships: A Differential Effect for Children with Same-Sex Coupled Parents?

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-339

  Fedewa, Alicia L ^a   Clark, Teresa P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic outcomes; Children; Home school partnerships; Lesbian and gay parents; Parent practices; Social outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951704913     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15504280903263736     Document Type: Article

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