Reminder: Chat with Rosanna Hertz Here on September 26

I will be hosting an online chat with Rosanna Hertz, author of Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women are Choosing Parenthood without Marriage and Creating the New American Family, on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, from 9-10 p.m. EDT. You can read my review of the book here.

Even if you’re not a single mother, I encourage you to join us. I’m not a single mom, but found that many of her insights into family creation through donors or adoption, building support networks, and rethinking the role of men in our children’s lives resonated with me, too. If that’s not enough to tempt you, consider that Hertz’s findings confirm that the old model of the American family is transforming, with or without LGBT Americans. Traditional marriage is no longer the only framework for having children, for any number of reasons. Her book is likely to scare the socks off many right-wingers. That’s reason enough for me to be interested.

Stop back at Mombian shortly before the chat, and I’ll have a post up with a link to the live chat site. If you wish, e-mail me in advance, and the day before the chat, I will send you a reminder. (I will only use your e-mails for this purpose, and will not sell or share them.) In the meantime, Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women are Choosing Parenthood without Marriage and Creating the New American Family is shipping from Amazon (even though the official release date isn’t until October 2), so you can read it in advance and jot down the questions you’d like to ask. You may also e-mail me questions ahead of time (or leave a comment at the end of this post) and I will forward them to Professor Hertz.