My black daughter was driving with a learner’s permit when Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed by cops. As white parents, we struggled with knowing how to help her process. This is our experience.… Continue Reading
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The Hardest Resolution I’ve Ever Made: Stop Parenting From Fear
What does it mean to parent from fear and what can we do instead?… Continue Reading
The Necessarily Ambiguous N-O We Should All Be Giving Our Teens
I am on board with empowering my children. I want them to feel like super heroes. What I don’t want is for them to think that they can argue their way out of a NO when it comes to sexual and activity consent. I don’t want them doing mental work to find the YES in a NO. And I certainly don’t want them weakening their stance when faced with a negotiation or argument against a NO.… Continue Reading
On My Mom, The Sex She Had, and The Adoption She Didn’t Plan
We adoptive parents must know that in many (if not most) cases, other options for our children and their families might have existed—like financial support, kinship adoption, respite care, legislative changes. As my mom learned, though, birthmothers are so often demonizes and then left out of the decision-making process. What does that mean for them?… Continue Reading
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