Role/Reboot’s Editor-in-Chief, Nicole Rodgers, spoke with Darren Spedale, founder of FamilyByDesign, an online community that pairs parenting partners. Nicole: Give us the elevator pitch: What is FamilyByDesign? Darren: FamilyByDesign is a community for parenting partnerships. We help people find their ideal parenting partner, and we’re the only community to bring together leading authorities and experts […]
This originally appeared on Alternet.org. Republished here with permission. When I first gave birth and brought my baby girl home, I aspired to be the ultimate earth-mother-Gaia-worshipping-priestess from another dimension. Those first few weeks with my child I thought I had transcended all trivialities and was officially crowned the “New Age Queen of the Now.” […]
Sarah MacLaughlin shares the three most important lessons she hopes her toddler son learns as he grows into a man. Do you remember the fairies from Sleeping Beauty? Those cute, little pastel ones that flitted around the baby welcoming party? In they flew on slight wings to offer the innocent baby princess their gifts. With […]
Lynn Beisner shares what an unexpected request from her son is teaching her about feminism. For my 21st birthday I was given a cast iron skillet by a family matriarch. It is one of the most treasured gifts I have ever received, and it is the only thing other than photographs that I have held […]
Being a better mother can sometimes mean taking care of your own needs first. Would you rather be described as bold, active, sociable,and dynamic? Or, rather, as sensitive, quiet, and serious? Outgoing, engaging, and a leader? Or contemplative, reserved, and uncertain? And do you associate either of these temperamental extremes with either powerful males or […]
This originally appeared on The Daily Life. Republished here with permission. Every time I praise my daughter for being a “good girl,” I cringe inside. It falls out of my mouth without thinking, as if it’s the highest praise that can be bestowed upon a girl. But it’s not. It’s a curse and it has the potential to follow […]
Being a single father for a while forced Edwin Lyngar to realize how valuable an equal parenting duo can be. When I was a younger man in my first marriage, I thought the majority of raising kids was the mom’s job. I don’t hold those outdated views anymore for a lot of reasons, but I […]
On the eve of her son’s birthday, Kate McGuinness contemplates the three life lessons she wants him to learn. This week, my only child will turn 24. His birthday seems like a good occasion to consider a few of the remaining life lessons that I would like to impart to him. The first would be […]
