How can you find yourself when you’re focused on raising someone else?
How do you teach your child to cultivate a sense of self if you yourself don’t have one?
Be Who You Are: a book about a transgender child
On her blog Today You Are You, Jennifer Carr writes about her daughter’s growth from boy to girl — a transformation that began at age four. And now she’s written a book…
Dig piñatas? Learn to make a Uteriñata!
When ISN’T a uterus-shaped piñata appropriate for a baby shower?!
Lessons from a home birth turned hospital birth
My experience at the hospital changed me. I was so judgmental of that way of birthing beforehand, so sure that my way was better. But my hospital birth has made me less judgmental. Not just about birth, but about everything.
Are first year birthday parties really necessary?
Kids don’t even notice their first birthdays, right? So why not spend your kids first bday sipping champagne with your friends?
Reflections on a year of parenthood
I used to read about mothers describing how vulnerable they felt after having their children, and think “Oh, isn’t that lovely. You’re so wide open now and loving at such a different level — how powerful.” Um, no.
I spent my birthday shooting a Birth Day
My friends Raphael and Shushannah asked me to shoot the hospital birth of their daughter, which was also my birthday, and it was a very stellar day indeed.
Coming to terms with the limits of lesbian conception
As a lesbian, I know that there are many wonderful ways to start a family with my partner. But I’m also having to come to terms emotionally with the fact that I will never be able to physically conceive a baby with my future wife.