• All
  • #LGBTQFamiliesDay
  • Adoption
  • Advocating
  • Allies
  • Assisted Reproduction
  • Blog Admin
  • Blogging Events
  • Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2006
  • Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2007
  • Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2008
  • Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2009
  • Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2010
  • Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2011
  • Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2012
  • Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2013
  • Blogging for LGBTQ Families Day 2014
  • Blogging for LGBTQ Families Day 2015
  • Blogging for LGBTQ Families Day 2016
  • Blogging for LGBTQ Families Day 2017
  • Books for Kids
  • Books for Parents
  • Business
  • Calls for Participation
  • Child Outcomes/Experiences
  • Connecting
  • Demographics
  • Entertainment
  • Events in the News
  • Explaining Our Families to Our Kids
  • Extended Families
  • Family Profiles
  • Family Voices
  • Fighting Daily Bias & Misunderstanding
  • Foster Parenting
  • Fun/Ephemera
  • Health and Safety
  • Holidays
  • Interviews
  • Kids' Activities
  • Kitchen and Food
  • LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
  • Media Coverage
  • Misc Parenting Tips
  • Money and Finance
  • Music
  • Naming
  • Other Research
  • Parental Outcomes/Experiences
  • Politics and Law
  • Post of the Week
  • Pregnancy
  • Protecting
  • Queer Parenting in a Cishet World
  • Raising
  • Reflections on Parenthood
  • Religion
  • Remembering (LGBTQ History)
  • Representing
  • Researching
  • Schools/Education
  • Selves and Identities
  • Social Justice
  • Sports
  • Starting
  • Supporting LGBTQ Children
  • Surrogacy
  • Tools and Hobbies
  • Travel
  • Video Blog
  • Violence and Tragedy
  • Weekly Political Roundup
  • Working

Books for Parents

The Changing Shape of the American Family

To pique your interest in the online chat with sociologist Rosanna Hertz I’m hosting tomorrow night, I wanted to share some statistics she sent me about the changing shape of the American family. Less than 25% of all families consist of a married, opposite-sex couple living with their own (biological or adopted) children—down from 40% […]

Read a Banned Book

Tomorrow begins the 25th annual Banned Books Week (BBW), which “celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them.” Despite the

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

Book Review: Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice

The American family is changing. That should come as no surprise to readers of this blog. The changes go beyond just the increasing numbers of same-sex families, however. Rosanna Hertz’s new book, Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage and Creating the New American Family offers a view from

Mombian Books: Badges

Last week, I launched the beta test of Mombian Books, a place where we can share recommendations of good books for and about our families. Because it’s a group effort, it will reflect a wider variety of books and viewpoints than a list compiled by one person. I’ve just created some Mombian Books badges you

Introducing Mombian Books

I’m very excited to announce the beta launch of Mombian Books, a place for people in LGBT families to share book ideas. I’ve found that although there are lots of LGBT-family booklists around, they tend to repeat many of the same books (Heather Has Two Mommies, Daddy’s Roommate, etc.), with maybe a few unique ones

Amazon Bargains

I don’t usually do such materialistic posts, but Amazon.com has a few sales going on right now that may be of interest. (My mom’s an inveterate bargain hunter; you can blame it on her.) Eligible books are 4-for-3 (lowest price one is free), including children’s books from Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, and others, as well

New Book on Same-Sex Marriage Examines Scandinavian Evidence

A new book on same-sex marriage adds compelling evidence to the debate, while also making some controversial recommendations. Gay Marriage: For Better or For Worse? claims to be “the first of its kind to present empirical evidence about same-sex marriage.” The authors, attorneys Darren R. Spedale and William N. Eskridge, Jr., study the example of

Scroll to Top