Pediatrics. 2013 Apr;131(4):827-30. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-0376. Epub 2013 Mar 20.
To promote optimal health and well-being of all children, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supports access for all children to (1) civil marriage rights for their parents and (2) willing and capable foster and adoptive parents, regardless of the parents' sexual orientation. The AAP has always been an advocate for, and has developed policies to support, the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being of all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In so doing, the AAP has supported families in all their diversity, because the family has always been the basic social unit in which children develop the supporting and nurturing relationships with adults that they need to thrive. Children may be born to, adopted by, or cared for temporarily by married couples, nonmarried couples, single parents, grandparents, or legal guardians, and any of these may be heterosexual, gay or lesbian, or of another orientation. Children need secure and enduring relationships with committed and nurturing adults to enhance their life experiences for optimal social-emotional and cognitive development. Scientific evidence affirms that children have similar developmental and emotional needs and receive similar parenting whether they are raised by parents of the same or different genders. If a child has 2 living and capable parents who choose to create a permanent bond by way of civil marriage, it is in the best interests of their child(ren) that legal and social institutions allow and support them to do so, irrespective of their sexual orientation. If 2 parents are not available to the child, adoption or foster parenting remain acceptable options to provide a loving home for a child and should be available without regard to the sexual orientation of the parent(s).
为促进所有儿童的最佳健康和福祉，美国儿科学会（AAP）支持所有儿童享有以下权利：（1）其父母的公民婚姻权利，以及（2）愿意且有能力的寄养和收养父母，无论其父母的性取向如何。AAP 一直是所有婴儿、儿童、青少年和年轻人的身体、精神和社会健康和福祉的倡导者，并制定了相关政策来支持这些目标。在这样做的过程中，AAP 支持了所有多样性的家庭，因为家庭一直是儿童发展与成人支持和养育关系的基本社会单位，他们需要这种关系才能茁壮成长。儿童可能由已婚夫妇、未婚夫妇、单身父母、祖父母或法定监护人所生、收养或临时照顾，这些人可能是异性恋、同性恋或其他性取向。儿童需要与有承诺和养育能力的成年人建立安全和持久的关系，以增强他们的生活体验，促进最佳的社会情感和认知发展。科学证据证实，无论儿童是由同性还是异性父母抚养长大，他们都具有相似的发展和情感需求，并接受相似的育儿方式。如果一个孩子有两个有能力且愿意的父母，他们选择通过公民婚姻建立永久的关系，那么法律和社会机构允许和支持他们这样做符合孩子的最佳利益，而不论其性取向如何。如果孩子没有父母，那么领养或寄养仍然是为孩子提供一个温馨家庭的可接受选择，而不应考虑父母的性取向。
