Girls still do more housework than boys and get paid less to do it, says Soraya Chemaly. See how that affects everyone later in life. The first act of open feminist rebellion that I can remember engaging in was refusing to get up and clear the table with my mother while my brother sat and […]
Among other accusatory and downright rude questions from both strangers and acquaintances, Wendy Fontaine is mostly tired of having to answer where her daughter’s father is. My 6-year-old daughter, Angela, has always been good at making friends at the playground. She meets kids her age at the swings or on the slide, says hello, and […]
Originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. There seems to be a lot of chatter at the moment about the increase in one-child families. A lot of it appears to be the many opinions about parents who choose to stop at one. While there are many reasons why a family has one child, there […]
This originally appeared on The Mamafesto. Republished here with permission. For the last six years or so, there have been many comments about my son’s perceived gender from others—mostly strangers. For the most part, EZ has either been oblivious to these comments, or has ignored them, in that way that little kids can sometimes so […]
This originally appeared on Mommy Man: Adventures Of A Gay Superdad. Republished here with permission. There was nothing I wanted to inherit from my father more than the name “Dad.” I loved my dad, and in my mind, he was indelibly tied to that particular sobriquet. “Dad” was a term of love and respect for […]
Laurel Hermanson doesn’t just want her daughter to not be racist; she wants her to be consciously anti-racist. But how and when should she start that conversation? I was putting my daughter to bed a couple of weeks ago and we were running through our end-of-day debriefing. We had been approached in the park that […]
This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. The soul destroying agony of your child dying is only truly known and understood by those who have endured it. Four years on, I still glance down at my daughter’s grave in disbelief. Visiting my child’s grave is surreal. It’s almost like I’ve vacated my body […]
This originally appeared on Mommy Man: Adventures Of A Gay Superdad. Republished here with permission. So you’re going to be a gay parent? Congratulations! No doubt you’ve been through a lot to get to this point, whether you’ve traveled the path of adoption, IVF, artificial insemination, surrogacy, fostering, or whatever. Now, you have a lot […]
