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Publisher Letter: Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day! This issue is filled with love, both familial and romantic. Rene Ohana, the author of this month’s story, Grandpa Dragon, has also written a fascinating piece on same-sex marriages between women in China that is on our politics page. These marriages took place from the mid 1600s to the early 1900s.
Transforming Attitudes toward LGBT-Headed Families One Page at a Time
Publisher Letter: Rainbow Rumpus's Young Adult Facebook Group Launches
Rainbow Rumpus is proud to announce the beginning of a Facebook group for young adults who have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender parents.
Publisher Letter: Finding Time to Count Our Blessings
Back in the warm months of 2008, Tajah, Da’Jon, and I made our annual trip to Northern Yearly Meeting, a Quaker gathering that takes place at the Lions’ camp in central Wisconsin. (Where was Sarah? At WisCon, the annual feminist science fiction and fantasy convention.) We met up with two of my nephews, whose mother brought them to join us.
Publisher Letter: Back to School - A Parent's Wish List
As my children enter fifth grade, I remember Tajah’s comment on her very first day of school: “Could we just wear the kindergarten clothes, Mom, but not go to kindergarten?” At this point I think we all feel excited about the clothes, and a bit jaded about the rest.
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: Help Bring the Rumpus to a Pride Near You and Share Your Summer Memories with Us
What are your best summer memories? Do you have traditions, or is each summer a new adventure?
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's Letter: Building Cultural Capital
The other night Tajah and I went to hear the Carolina Chocolate Drops. The concert started at bedtime. I debated whether it was worth spending the money for a show that she’d have trouble staying awake for, especially one on a school night. But as she is the only African American fiddler she knows, it seemed worth it to get to hear an African American string band.
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?
