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Parenting

Posted on January 24, 2018 October 9, 2018

Yes, We’re Giving Sperm Donors Too Much Credit

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Parenting, pregnancy, queer, society-politics, sperm-donor

I worry that there is an overabundance of focus on sperm donation to queer parents, and not enough on the folks raising the children. Read more

Posted on January 17, 2018 July 26, 2018

To Raise A Feminist Son, Talk To Him About Aziz Ansari

Sonora Jha
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Aziz Ansari, metoo, Parenting, rape culture

What my son must know is that none of this is as difficult as the men around him might be saying it is. Read more

Posted on January 9, 2018 September 5, 2018

Yes, You Need To Talk To Kids About Porn

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Madhvi Ramani
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Lust+Liaisons
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Education, Growing Up, Parenting, Pornography

Erotic film director Erika Lust discusses her new project to help adults teach children about healthy (and unhealthy) sexuality. Read more

Posted on October 10, 2017 September 12, 2018

My Path To Becoming A Third Parent

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Asexuality, coparenting, lust-liaisons, Parenting, queer

We define the values that we will hold as a family. Read more

Posted on September 5, 2017 September 7, 2018

Bad Advice On Asking A Woman Out When She’s Dating Someone Else

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Bad Advice, dating, Parenting, relationships, wit-whimsy

Welcome to our latest Bad Advice column! Stay tuned every Tuesday for more terrible guidance based on actual letters. Read more

Posted on February 18, 2017 November 5, 2018

Congratulations On Your New Baby, Who Must Save Us All

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baby, humor, Parenting, Resistance, wit-whimsy
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Warmest wishes on the blessed birth of your son; we look forward to the day he sets us free. Read more

Posted on January 30, 2017 August 29, 2018

There Is Not Enough Pepper Spray In The World To Keep Our Daughters Safe

Theo Nestor
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Society+Politics
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Harassment, Parenting, Sexism

Can a pressurized can of peppers correct a flawed society? Read more

Posted on December 29, 2016 August 3, 2018

The Media’s Unfair Focus On Trans Kids’ Moms Is Pure Misogyny

Katelyn Burns
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Katelyn Burns
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Society+Politics
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lgbtq, Parenting, Transgender

When trans kids who are assigned male at birth (AMAB) socially transition, it is most often the mom that is demonized by the press and subsequently by society. Read more

Posted on September 12, 2016 November 12, 2018

If I Have A Child, They’ll Be Black In America — And This Terrifies Me

Alex Blank Millard
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children, essay, Parenting, race, society-politics

What I struggle with most is not what I don’t know, but what I do. Read more

Posted on June 21, 2016 August 31, 2018

Dear America, Our Boys Are Hurting

Sonora Jha
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Sonora Jha
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Parenting, Toxic Masculinity

 It is not easy to raise a young man in America’s culture of masculine dominance. Read more

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