According to an 18-year study by Rita Simon of the American University and Howard Altstein of the University of Maryland, children who grow up under parents 'of a different race by no means have bad lives, and their feeling of security is no less than that of children of parents of the same race.
根據美利堅大學（American University）的施夢（Rita Simon）與馬里蘭大學（University of Maryland）的歐斯坦（Howard Altstein）兩位社會學家歷時十八年的研究，孩子在不同族群養父母的照顧下，生活不見得不好，而且安全感也不會遜於同族群養父母或親生父母養大的孩子。