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Peer reviewedLewis, Karen Gail – Social Work, 1980
Interviews with 21 children of lesbians in greater Boston area, ranging in age from 9 to 26, identified several major issues. Problems experienced involved parents' divorce and disclosure of mother's homosexuality. Problems between mother and children were secondary to the issue of children's respect for difficult step she had taken. (Author/NRB)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Divorce, Emotional Response, Family Problems
