This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. In Defense of Single People by Thomas Rogers of Salon.com says single people are pitied. They’re judged. But it’s time to give them more respect. 2. Are Modern Men Manly Enough? on the Room For […]
You can’t pick your parents, but that doesn’t mean you have to have a relationship with them. Sometimes it’s necessary for adult children to separate themselves from their abusive parents, but finding support in the process can be difficult, says Lynn Beisner. My mother-in-law, Joan, was best described by my brother-in-law as “casually cruel.” In […]
This was originally posted at From Two To One as part of the Last Name Project. Republished here with permission. Upon getting married and having children, determining what to do with last names isn’t always cut and dry. Mike explains how he and his wife made their final decision. What option for last name did you […]
Originally appeared on The Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. Jayson Gaddis believes that time outs don’t work for parents who are unwilling to put themselves in an adult time out—which is what’s really needed. In my opinion, we need a big do-over with the classic “time out.” First, it’s understandable why some parents […]
Amy Knowles isn’t ready to have children of her own, but she’s already helped to start multiple families. Hear her personal story of egg donation. “Isn’t it weird that you have kids out there?” “Will you have any eggs left when you’re ready to have a baby?” “Does it hurt?” These are just a few […]
This originally ran on the Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. Telling your daughter she can be strong and capable will never be the same as letting her find it out for herself. What is your body for? Ask a little boy and he will tell you it is for running and jumping and […]
Being a feminist mother means doing the hard shit. Lynn Beisner shares the harrowing incident that made her willing to do whatever it takes. Trigger warning: Article includes descriptive scenes of an injured animal. If you’re an animal lover like us, just be prepared. I became a feminist because God did not keep his end […]
This originally appeared on Ms. Behaved. Republished here with permission. My partner and I were incredibly lucky in our attempts to get pregnant. Charting really helped us pinpoint the key times for baby making sex and we were pregnant within our second cycle of trying. As I’ve mentioned, even though trying to conceive means you […]
Going from being a single mother making all the decisions in her daughter’s life to sharing a home with her boyfriend and his son wasn’t easy, but Maria Peña is figuring out every day how to make a blended family work. “What the hell was I thinking when I decided to raise my child with […]
Lynn Beisner shares Joey’s trials at home, a resentful husband who says he’s tired of working for “the man” all day then coming home to work for “the wife.” Joey is one of several conservative men that I have been interviewing about how they interpret their role as father. “The real problem is The List!” […]
Katerina Zacharia’s son misses his daddy, but still considers his mommy—who often fills the role of both parents—a superhero. Yesterday was like any other day. I picked my son up from daycare. He jumped into my arms and I tossed him high up in the air a few times and carried him to the car…no […]
Christine Woodman offers a follow-up to her piece from last week about Mark Regnerus, the sociologist who claims gay parents are bad for children. Last week I wrote about Mark Regnerus’ paper on the host of negative outcomes created by LGBT parenting. In my article I suggested that perhaps Regnerus’ study was deliberately flawed in […]
