Editing Adoption (section)

===Adoptees of LGBT parents===
There is evidence that shows the adoptees of [[LGBT]] families and those in heterosexual families have no significant differences in development. One of the main arguments used against [[same-sex adoption]] is that a child needs a mother and a father in the home to develop properly. However, a 2013 study of predictors for psychological outcomes of adoptees showed that family type (hetero, gay, lesbian) does not affect the child's adjustment; rather the preparedness of the adoptive parent(s), and health of relationship to partner, and other contextual factors predicted later adjustment in early placed adoptees.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Farr |first1=Rachel H. |chapter=Lesbian and Gay Adoptive Parents and Their Children |date=2013 |title=LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice |pages=39–55 |editor-last=Goldberg |editor-first=Abbie E. |place=New York, NY |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4614-4556-2_3 |isbn=978-1-4614-4556-2 |last2=Patterson |first2=Charlotte J. |editor2-last=Allen |editor2-first=Katherine R.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Averett |first1=Paige |last2=Nalavany |first2=Blace |last3=Ryan |first3=Scott |date=2009-11-30 |title=An Evaluation of Gay/Lesbian and Heterosexual Adoption |journal=Adoption Quarterly |language=en |volume=12 |issue=3–4 |pages=129–151 |doi=10.1080/10926750903313278 |s2cid=143679873 |issn=1092-6755|doi-access=free }}</ref> Along with this, a 2009 study showed again that sexual orientation of parents does not affect externalizing and internalized problems, but family functioning and income can affect adjustment, especially for older adoptees.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Goldberg |first1=Abbie E. |last2=Smith |first2=JuliAnna Z. |date=2013 |title=Predictors of psychological adjustment in early placed adopted children with lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parents. |url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/a0032911 |journal=Journal of Family Psychology |language=en |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=431–442 |doi=10.1037/a0032911 |pmid=23750525 |issn=1939-1293}}</ref>