When a child is born to a homo-parental family, how does the work of differentiation occur

The Taubira law in France has, since 2013, allowed same sex couples to marry and adopt children. This progressive law has created numerous debates in the public arena with passionate arguments which question the potential psychological development of a child in gay and lesbian families. How can a child from same sex parents construct a sense of difference between the generations and sexes in a way that builds psychic structure? The research DEVHOM, centred on the development and socialisation of children, has allowed for a specific study of this question in its use of a qualitative psychoanalytic orientation through individual clinical cases. This paper presents a clinical research encounter with ten-year-old Maëla, who was born through gestational surrogacy. The clinical monograph illustrates her creative resources to engage in the work of differentiation, and the ability to understand her place in the family structure in spite of a set of exceptionally complex family relationships. These results demonstrate that in this particular situation, as in other situations, the wellbeing of the child is determined by the quality of the relationships sustained in the family group

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• Parenthood As A Developmental Phase

  Open Access•Therese Benedek•Journal of the American…•1959

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