33 Comments April 4, 2013 Supporting our daughters as they define what femininity means to them I don't want to raise my daughter thinking that this is what it means to be a lady — that the prevailing pink culture is what defines femininity. I want her to know it's okay to get muddy, that it's alright to wear Mutant Ninja Turtle shoes if she wants because these things won't make her any less a girl. Read More 1.9k January 9, 2013 How do I ask the person hosting my baby shower to make the party gender-neutral? My fiance and I aren't having a baby yet, but we're trying to conceive and have already decided that we don't want to find out the sex of the child until delivery. I have a lot of family and friends who will likely want host a baby shower for me, but I'm not sure how to convey the idea of gender-neutrality to them. Read More 3.9k 32 Comments September 17, 2012 Queer Parenting for Heteros (and anyone else who wants to teach kids that being queer is awesome) Well, a lot has been said and written about queer parenting in recent years, but most of this commentary ignores the opportunity to actually engage queer theory and instead simply equates queer parenting with LGBT people raising children. But what happens when we attempt to apply the insights of queer theory to our relationships with children? Read More 2.3k 31 Comments October 5, 2011 Why we're not planning on cutting our son's hair anytime soon My son is newly two-years-old, and has long, blonde, curly hair. Aside from the fact that it's usually a bit wild, it pretty much looks like the kind you'd find on toddler beauty queens — and we have no intentions of cutting it any time soon. Sure, we're nearly constantly bombarded with mis-assumptions about his sex due to his hair, and family members are always quick to ask us when we're going to finally cut it. Read More 13 Comments May 11, 2011 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. Read More 55 Comments July 7, 2010 Parenting outside the gender binary We want Avie to feel as unrestrained by gender as possible. We began by giving him a gender-neutral name and attempting to dress him in neutral colors and patterns. As he gets older, we validate and encourage his emotions, and intend to support him in whatever interests he develops. Read More 1234
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3.9k 32 Comments September 17, 2012 Queer Parenting for Heteros (and anyone else who wants to teach kids that being queer is awesome) Well, a lot has been said and written about queer parenting in recent years, but most of this commentary ignores the opportunity to actually engage queer theory and instead simply equates queer parenting with LGBT people raising children. But what happens when we attempt to apply the insights of queer theory to our relationships with children? Read More 2.3k 31 Comments October 5, 2011 Why we're not planning on cutting our son's hair anytime soon My son is newly two-years-old, and has long, blonde, curly hair. Aside from the fact that it's usually a bit wild, it pretty much looks like the kind you'd find on toddler beauty queens — and we have no intentions of cutting it any time soon. Sure, we're nearly constantly bombarded with mis-assumptions about his sex due to his hair, and family members are always quick to ask us when we're going to finally cut it. Read More 13 Comments May 11, 2011 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. Read More 55 Comments July 7, 2010 Parenting outside the gender binary We want Avie to feel as unrestrained by gender as possible. We began by giving him a gender-neutral name and attempting to dress him in neutral colors and patterns. As he gets older, we validate and encourage his emotions, and intend to support him in whatever interests he develops. Read More 1234
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13 Comments May 11, 2011 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. Read More 55 Comments July 7, 2010 Parenting outside the gender binary We want Avie to feel as unrestrained by gender as possible. We began by giving him a gender-neutral name and attempting to dress him in neutral colors and patterns. As he gets older, we validate and encourage his emotions, and intend to support him in whatever interests he develops. Read More 1234
55 Comments July 7, 2010 Parenting outside the gender binary We want Avie to feel as unrestrained by gender as possible. We began by giving him a gender-neutral name and attempting to dress him in neutral colors and patterns. As he gets older, we validate and encourage his emotions, and intend to support him in whatever interests he develops. Read More 1234