What this research means is that having children in different or new ways does n’t actually interfere with how families function. Really wanting children seems to trump everything — that’s what really matters.

Susan Golombok

Susan Golombok FBA (born 11 August 1954) is Professor of Family Research and Director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge. Her research on new family forms has contributed to theoretical understanding of family influences on child development and has addressed social and ethical issues that are of relevance to family life.

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