Very many congratulations to Iron Chef Cat Cora and her wife Jennifer, who just welcomed their fourth son! Cat gave birth to newcomer Nash Lemuel Cora on July 19, not long after Jennifer gave birth to Thatcher Julius Cora on April 4. Good thing Cat knows how to cook for a crowd. Overlapping pregnancies may […]
Children and Gender Brett Berk rightly shreds the conclusions of a recent study on children and gender roles. Sassymonkey at BlogHer looks at the recurring question of why there aren’t more books for boys, and astutely asks, “Maybe the question isn’t about where the books for boys are but why boys need books about boys?
Helen and I explore the importance of imagination, with a look at how modern media and toys stifle kids’ creativity and what parents can do to change this. Are Lego bricks a force for good, or have they gone downhill since the time of our childhood? Helen also demonstrates a whirling homemade toy that could
If you loved Blythe Danner and Swoosie Kurtz as lesbian moms on Showtime’s Nurse Jackie last week, you may be in luck: One of the episode’s writers, Jennifer Hoppe, mentioned in an early June interview that the series has two regular gay characters (two male nurses) as well as “another two who will be guests
In a national first, a new Washington, D.C. law grants legal parenthood to both women of a couple who plan a child together using donor insemination. More specifically: When a woman bears a child conceived by artificial insemination, and her spouse or unmarried partner consents in writing to the insemination, the consenting spouse or partner
[I published a version of this two years ago when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows first came out. I thought it was worth revisiting now that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is in theaters. (No, I haven’t seen it yet. Hope to soon.) Warning: Serious geekiness ahead.] The below list of charms and
Tune in to ABC’s Primetime: Family Secrets at 10 p.m. ET tonight for the story of Chloe and Rene Prince and their two sons, ages six and seven. Chloe, formerly Ted, underwent gender reassignment surgery last year, and the show explores how her transition has impacted her and her family. Six-year-old Barry explains, “She had
“Writing has always been my political activism,” said Lesléa Newman, author of Heather Has Two Mommies, the classic 1989 children’s book that was one of the first to feature a child with two moms. Her two new books, however, are sweet, simple tales of family life, without any overt politics or agenda. Mommy, Mama, and
Here’s a fun one for the kids (and grown-ups, too), in honor of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing: Google has launched an upgrade to its Google Earth software with information and activities about the lunar landings. According to Google, you can now: Take tours of landing sites, narrated by Apollo astronauts View 3D
Two lesbian moms who had a child in Florida are in the midst of a custody battle with their known sperm donor. The donor, Ray Janssen, and his partner Craig were involved with the child’s life until the moms, Katherine Alicea and Ana Sobrino, moved to California. Janssen then sued them for custody. A Miami-Dade
