Δεν τεκμηριώνεται κάποια αρνητική επίδραση στην ζωή των παιδιών - το αντίθετο μάλιστα. "According to their mothers' reports, the 17-year-old daughters and sons of lesbian mothers were rated significantly higher in social, school/academic, and total competence and significantly lower in social problems, rule-breaking, aggressive, and externalizing problem behavior than their age-matched counterparts in Achenbach's normative sample of American youth."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_parenting#Consensus