Are people who support the rigid distinctions at these events worried that their child might suddenly “turn gay” upon seeing my family accepted at a school event? A few years ago I made a (mostly joking) Facebook post about the troubles of my son having two mamas on Mother’s Day. Who should get the single […]
The more straight-edged I was, the less like my mother I was. The less like my mother I was, the more successful I considered myself. Addiction has a scent. The scent may be different depending on the substance, but for me, it’s tequila and lime, marijuana mixed with the sulfur smell of a freshly lit […]
Mom, the one who fixed things, made sandwiches, and put the house back together when we wrecked it, needed me and I couldn’t help her. When I was growing up, my parents’ marriage was pretty traditional. Yet today, my brothers and I all cook and help out around our houses. I also do all the […]
Adoption is a complex billion-dollar business that often increases inequality. In their efforts to cure what they see as a moral crisis infecting our nation, the anti-choice movement has historically thrown their power, money, and influence behind their two favorite antidotes to abortion: abstinence-only education and adoption. In any era when reproductive rights are being […]
There’s a seemingly endless supply of sympathy for children, like my daughter, who are victims of sexual abuse. But there is a shocking lack of sympathy for the consequences of this abuse on these kids as they age. If parenting was like any other job, my experience as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse would […]
Were you invited to a Moms’ Night Out Holiday Cookie Exchange that demanded you bake 72 homemade cookies and don’t know how to say no? Ask a Single Mom. Thinking about divorce and want to know what life is like on the other side? Ask a Single Mom. Have no idea how to make time […]
How can I push aside my self-doubt and unleash a well of endless energy? How can I fortify myself for the challenges ahead without compartmentalizing my fear? Yesterday I found out my baby is a boy and I haven’t really stopped crying since. The last five months, I’ve been convinced I was carrying a girl. […]
As a queer parent with a donor-conceived child, the market of books with families that look like mine is awfully small. When I found a copy of Horton Hatches the Egg at the library with my daughter, I remembered it vaguely as a cute story from my childhood about a bird and an elephant. I […]
