Parenting
Publisher Letter: Screen Time and Family Time
I have a confession to make. We have barely allowed our children to touch the computer for the last five months.
Publisher Letter: Coming Out with Children: Thoughts for Parents, Teachers, and Friends
“I didn’t know my parents were lesbians, and I was totally caught by surprise when I got to middle school and people teased me about it,” said one of the participants in a COLAGE panel at the Rainbow Families conference.
“Did you call them both mom?” asked an audience member, clearly confused as to how someone raised by two moms could be caught by surprise in this way.
Publisher Letter: What is Success?
As we raise our children during a time of economic turmoil, what do we teach them about success? Is it something that matters to us as parents? How do we define it? What might we consider more important?
LGBT Parenting: The Bisexual Experience
NOTE: Names have been changed in this story to protect the anonymity of the interviewees.
Kraig Kidd and the Montessori School
At age 46, Kraig Kidd has many accomplishments under his belt. An instructional designer, life coach, son, husband, and father, Kidd reveals that the path life has taken him on is not what he had planned.
Rainbow Rumpus: “Tell us about you and your family.”
Lesbian Parenting
by Rainbow Rumpus Staff Writer
How and what do lesbian parents teach their kids about sexuality? How do queer-identified or questioning kids with lesbian parents navigate their own family and sexual identities?
Publisher Letter: Order and Freedom: Reflections on Pesach and Identity
“You’re lucky. You would have gotten to wear the star and the pink triangle,” Da’Jon said to me in March as I was making dinner. “Lucky?” I thought. “More likely dead.” Later, as we were talking about the upcoming Pesach (or Passover) celebration, he asked if he was Jewish. It’s understandably confusing, as Passover is the only Jewish holiday we observe. “If you want to be” was our answer.
Publisher Letter: Entering the “Tweens”
Tajah and I were recently talking about her kindergarten-age cousin, and she said, “Rosalie’s a pre-teen—she’s less than 13!” I cracked up. My kids do enter the official “tween” age group this month when they turn ten. Last year they began attending different schools, and had a sleepover where not all the kids knew each other. They turned on music and danced.
Publisher Letter: No Name-Calling Week
Most of the time, living in a LGBT-headed family is like living in any other family-that delightful and exhausting balance of chores, laughter, meals, arguments, and cozy times. Most months, our stories come out of these shared experiences. This month, both of our stories deal with name-calling based on a child's family status.
Real Life, Real Impact: Dr. Abbie E. Goldberg
Over the past twenty years, research on same-sex parenting has exploded. Today we know a great deal about the children (the "Heather Has Two Mommies" generation, if you will). We know that Heather is well liked. We know that Heather is on the honor roll. Odds are Heather is getting along just fine.
