OK – How do children see their polyamorous parents’ romantic partners?

COMMUNICATION Research Team (2024) – Infographic from a study by Milaine Alarie, Morag Bosom and Isabel Côté
Published on December 2, 2024

Fact sheet from a study about children’s views on their polyamorous parents by Milaine Alarie, Morag Bosom and Isabel Côté.

Learn more: Alarie, M., Bosom, M. and Côté, I. (2024). “It’s someone who means a lot to me, and who means even more to Mom”: Children’s views on the romantic partners of their polyamorous parents. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships41(12), 3525‑3546.

How to cite this publication

COMMUNICATION Research Team (2025). How do children see the romantic partners of their polyamorous parents? Canada Research Chair in Third-Party Reproduction and Family Ties, Université du Québec en Outaouais.

  • Isabel Côté

    Professor in the department of social work at Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • Anne-Julie Belleau

    Communications coordinator

Related content

  • “It’s someone who means a lot to me, and who means even more to mom”: Children’s views on the romantic partners of their polyamorous parents

    Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (2024)