Comments on: Studying Our Children, from Birth to Adulthood http://www.mombian.com/2008/01/28/studying-our-children-from-birth-to-adulthood/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Addie http://www.mombian.com/2008/01/28/studying-our-children-from-birth-to-adulthood/comment-page-1/#comment-74690 Addie Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:12:30 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2008/01/28/studying-our-children-from-birth-to-adulthood/#comment-74690 I am a lesbian mom of a 17 1/2 yr. old AI conceived daughter. I am grateful to Dr.Gartrell and her research assistants for their longitudinal study of lesbian headed families. I continue to have people on occasion suggest that I should have put my lesbianism on a back burner while I've raised my daughter. I've also had people (mostly those who have not parented) criticize some of my parenting decisions. Granted I am not a perfect parent, nor is my daughter a perfect teenager, but she will soon graduate from high school with a GPA above 3.0, she isn't involved in drugs, sex, alcohol, or cigarettes. She is involved in a variety of bands throughout each year, including our local 4H band. She has been accepted to the University of Cincinnati. So, all in all, I feel I've done a pretty good job of parenting so far. I look forward to the future when the sexual preference of parents is not viewed as a relevant quality. I expect that the NLLFS will help with this dream. Thank you, Dr. Gartrell. ~ Addie, in rural central Ohio I am a lesbian mom of a 17 1/2 yr. old AI conceived daughter. I am grateful to Dr.Gartrell and her research assistants for their longitudinal study of lesbian headed families. I continue to have people on occasion suggest that I should have put my lesbianism on a back burner while I’ve raised my daughter. I’ve also had people (mostly those who have not parented) criticize some of my parenting decisions.
Granted I am not a perfect parent, nor is my daughter a perfect teenager, but she will soon graduate from high school with a GPA above 3.0, she isn’t involved in drugs, sex, alcohol, or cigarettes. She is involved in a variety of bands throughout each year, including our local 4H band. She has been accepted to the University of Cincinnati. So, all in all, I feel I’ve done a pretty good job of parenting so far.
I look forward to the future when the sexual preference of parents is not viewed as a relevant quality. I expect that the NLLFS will help with this dream. Thank you, Dr. Gartrell.
~ Addie, in rural central Ohio

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