This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Census Data Reveals Elder Women’s Poverty Crisis by Leslie Bennetts of The Daily Beast says that a study of census data reveals that more than half of older women in America are unable to pay […]
Versions of this article have appeared on QueerRockLove.com and also on The Bilerico Project. Republished here with permission. Here we go again. For Texas families with elementary-aged kids, every school year seems to include at least one unit on families. My son, Waylon, is in third grade, so we’ve been around this thorny mulberry bush […]
As 43-year-old single mother Jennifer Chenoweth recently discovered, sometimes how you react to life’s little surprises is the biggest surprise of all. I do not want this to sound cavalier. I want it to sound like a miracle of choice, when a window opens in the universe to a view of something new. I worry […]
How did Friends With Kids get romance right? According to Eric Sentell, the movie accurately illustrates romance through shared meaning and relationship rituals, not stereotypical Hollywood sex. In the recent dramedy, Friends with Kids, the principle characters discover that romance isn’t everything they thought it was. To which I reply, “Duh.” Serial-dater Jason Fryman (Adam […]
Focused on a demanding career as an attorney and married to a man who refused to become the “default parent,” Kate McGuinness waited too long to have a biological child. So she adopted a son, ended her marriage, and wouldn’t change a thing. Childless women often view their declining fertility with ambivalence. Jennifer Westfeldt, director […]
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 […]
Donna Stefano, a divorced single mother raising a son in the Middle East, shares her experiences dealing with cultural differences, disapproval, and finding her strength in a foreign country. As any expectant, first-time mother, I looked forward to parenting with that wonderful mix of glorious anticipation and trepidation. When I became a single mother through […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. As Virginia Ultrasound Rule Fails, Is GOP Seeing Reproductive Rights Backlash? by Michelle Goldberg of The Daily Beast says Gov. Bob McDonnell balked at an ultrasound law, and a personhood bill fell with it. Are […]
This piece was originally published on Gaddy Daddy. Republished here with permission. Many people ask us how Max was conceived. It’s a rather personal question that some parents would understandably decline to answer. We usually don’t mind it, because we see it as an opportunity to inform them about the wonderful ways that families can […]
From personal experience, Kate McGuinness shares advice—and warnings—with a friend who recently became a step mother. Recently, I attended the wedding of a friend who was marrying a man with two children from a prior marriage. Like one-third of all marriages in the United States today, this one would form a stepfamily. Before my friend […]
This originally appeared on Laurie Cunningham’s blog. Republished here with permission. Yesterday as I was getting off the bus for work, I sneezed and wet my pants. Lovely, I know. Just another unforeseen side effect of being five months pregnant. According to one of my many pregnancy books, it’s called “stress incontinence,” or passing small […]
