Do I have to have a birth plan?
Birth plan, smirth plan. Jess understands the reason behind them, but feels like she can do without — what do you think?
Biracial lesbian seeking known donor of color
At the beginning of my journey, “brown” was at the top of my list. I wanted, as much as it was (im)possible to control, to have a baby with whom I shared a skin color. I have struggled with this desire for a brown child on and off the entire first year of my search for a known donor.
Get ready to swoon over a tattooed punk mama and her blue-haired offbeatling
Brittany’s Flickr stream contains more goodies than I can count: kids with pink and blue hair, infants with (fake) tattoos, and a whole lot more. I’ll say this: this ain’t your mama’s child and family photography, y’all.
My son has a firetruck: gender-neutral doesn’t mean genderless
I was recently interviewed for an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer about gender-neutral parenting. The response to the article included a lot of people fretting about how gender-neutral parenting supposedly “denies” a child from having a gender. Well, here’s why that’s a load of hooey.
I talked about sex with my kids… and possibly scarred them for life
I always thought I’d rock having THE talk with my kids, but I think I might not have. Using the appropriate words was a cinch, but getting down to the mechanics of IT was a challenge.
My six-year-old wants her ears pierced: where can we go?
If your child wants his or her ears pierced and YOU don’t want it to be by a piercing gun… what are your options? Is taking your child to a piercing studio an option?
Two gay dads + twelve adopted kids = fourteen happy family members
AZ Central recently featured the wonderful story of Steve and Roger Ham, a gay couple raising 12 adopted children in a state not historically known for positive attitudes toward the ideas of gay marriage OR gay adoption.
How can we get a toddler ready for a not-quite-sibling?
Anie and her husband are a pregnant half of a polyamorous couple. How can they get their partner’s children ready for impending birth?