The first part of my work is focused on the definition of homosexuality and clarifies some concepts and a summary of its history. Registered partnership is explained there, including its advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore it also focuses on the importance of family for the child and review of the types of foster care. And finally, first part summarizes various factors that influences children's psyche. The second part described the results of my survey which is focused on the public image of child custody to gay couples. It consists of several reactions collected from various chat forums and the most representative opinions obtained from questionnaires. The work is accompanied by five case studies and opinions from among homosexuals.

[pt] Na adoção tardia, a criança chega ao novo lar com um histórico, muitas vezes, repleto de rupturas e abandonos. É nesse contexto, com a demanda de reconstruir um ambiente suficientemente bom, além da busca de satisfazer as próprias motivações para uma adoção, que as famílias adotantes de crianças maiores encontrarão desafios importantes na construção do vínculo parento-filial. Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar a construção do vínculo parento-filial nas adoções tardias, levando em consideração as motivações dos pais, as vivências anteriores das crianças, além das fantasias e expectativas relacionadas à criança imaginada. Para alcançar os objetivos propostos, foram entrevistados 10 sujeitos independentes, 3 homens e 7 mulheres, que adotaram crianças maiores de dois anos e as entrevistas analisadas pelo método de análise de conteúdo. Os participantes ressaltaram como principais desafios para construção do vínculo o comportamento agressivo da criança, dificuldades com regras e autoridade, falta de segurança jurídica, atraso escolar e problemas na adaptação à rotina familiar. A vivência da parentalidade se mostrou diretamente relacionada ao sentimento de responsabilidade e à imposição de regras. A principal motivação foi o desejo de ser mãe/pai, além da busca por fazer o bem. As expectativas e fantasias emergiram nas falas ligadas ao medo de não conseguir exercer a função parental de maneira plena. A forma singular como os pais acolheram as dificuldades, integrando passado e presente, de modo a reconstruir o ambiente familiar perdido, bem como o suporte oferecido pela rede, foi fundamental para a construção e manutenção do vínculo parento-filial. / [en] In late adoption, the child arrives at the new home with a history, often full of ruptures and abandonment. It is in this context, with a demand to build a good enough environment, besides the search to satisfy their own motivations for an adoption, that adoptive families of older children will find important challenges when building a parental-child bond. This research aimed to investigate the construction of the parental-child bond in late adoptions, taking into consideration the parents motivations, children s previous experiences, and the fantasies and expectations related to the imagined child. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, 10 independent people were interviewed, 3 men and 7 women, who adopted children older than 2 years old. The interviews were analyzed by the content analysis method. Participants emphasized the following as main challenges for the bond construction: the child s aggressive behavior, difficulties with rules and authority, lack of legal certainty, delay in school and problems in the adaptation with family routine. The experience of parenting was found directly related to the feeling of responsibility and the imposition of rules. The main motivation was the desire to be a parent , as well as the desire to do something good. Expectations and fantasies emerged in the speeches linked to the fear of not being able to fully exercise the parental function. The singular way that parents welcomed difficulties, integrating past and present, in order to rebuild the lost family environment, as well as the support network offered was fundamental for the construction and maintenance of the parental-child bond.