Netherlands

The Netherlands is introducing gay families into the nation's schoolbooks. Noordhof Uitgeverij, Holland's largest school book publisher says the need is immediate. "At the moment schoolbooks do not reflect life here," explains Frans Grijzenhout, director of the publishing house. "When a textbook deals with a family going on holiday, for example, the accompanying drawing will show a father, a mother and children.

With results that mirror those found in U.S. and Canadian studies, new research from the Netherlands proves parenting by two mothers is just as good - if not slightly advantageous - for children when compared to heterosexual families with two parents.