Gay adoptive parents can be as competent at parenting as heterosexual adoptive parents and lesbian adoptive mothers. ... Critics assume that gay fathers experience less increase in parenting skill as heterosexual fathers. ... The potential consequence that heterosexual fathers have less opportunity to improve their parenting ability is not usually faced by gay fathers, because gay fathers dedicate more in child care than heterosexual fathers (Goldberg & Smith, 2009, p.865). ... In fact, gay fathers generally become more competent in parenting than heterosexual father. ... In addition, gay adop...

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