Because reproduction requires both men and women, Misty McLaughlin says the War on Women is more accurately a War on People, and asks men to take responsibility for their part. In a beautiful twist on the gruesome women’s-health-as-political-theater we’ve all been subjected to lately, female legislators in two states have introduced bills to limit men’s […]
What could be a more perfect service for a Role-Rebooted world than a site that helps individuals who want a child find a co-parent? This week, Role/Reboot’s Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rodgers spoke with Ivan Fatovic about his new site, which seeks to do just that. Nicole: First of all, I love this idea. Can you give […]
This piece was originally published on Gaddy Daddy. Republished here with permission. This is the fourth installment in a series on surrogacy and a new definition of extended family. Read the first installment by Jacob Drill, Bragging Rights, on the journey he and his husband undertook to have their son, Max, through traditional surrogacy. Read […]
This piece was originally published on Gaddy Daddy. Republished here with permission. This is the third installment in a series on surrogacy and a new definition of extended family. Read the first installment by Jacob Drill, Bragging Rights, on the journey he and his husband undertook to have their son, Max, through traditional surrogacy. Read […]
Rachel Muir is happily married…to a man who works nights. So once her 9-5 job ends, she starts her second shift caring for their young twins as a single parent. I feel like I’m part of a new demographic—I’m happily married but still, most nights I single parent. Why? My husband works nights, while I […]
Don and Jeanne Elium’s 1994 treatise, Raising a Son, addresses the task of raising healthy, sensitive boys in modern American culture. Almost two decades, three editions, and 500,000 copies later, it has just been published as an ebook. Author Don Elium talks with Family section editor Misty McLaughlin about what has changed, and what remains […]
This piece originally appeared on the blog GaddyDaddy. Republished here with permission. This is the second installment in a series on gay dads, surrogacy, and a new definition of extended family. Read the first installment by Jacob Drill, Bragging Rights. Max is my biological son. I know what you’re thinking. Whoa…wtf?! I thought Max was […]
In nine years as an at-home dad, I have taken my kids to countless grocery stores, hardware stores, doctor’s appointments (mine and theirs), banks, playgrounds, museums, and post offices, all during normal working hours. I often hear, “So it’s daddy’s day! How sweet,” or “It looks like you have a few helpers with you today,” […]
