[I’ve updated this post based on reader comments. Thanks to all, and keep the ideas coming. It’s good to see so many lesbian moms who have achieved such success—though I’ll quickly add that this is a personal choice. It’s just as acceptable to choose to stay home with one’s children, or forgo career advancement for […]
Mary Cheney will be having a boy when she gives birth next month, said her father, Vice President Dick Cheney. He also said he’s “delighted” to be a grandparent for the sixth time, but reiterated that he thought same-sex relationship recognition should remain a state matter. “I obviously think it’s important for us as a
It’s just my luck that we had a sleet storm here in the Hudson Valley yesterday, when the movers packed all our stuff onto a truck. Yes, the move to the Boston area that I mentioned back in October has finally arrived, despite the vagaries of the housing market and New York real-estate laws, which
I’m pleased to announce that the Mombian Resource Directory for LGBT Parents now has over 500 links on starting a family, raising children (both LGBT-specific sites and general, but LGBT-friendly, sites), LGBT politics and law, online and offline groups, blogs, and forums for LGBT parents, and much more. It covers the entire LGBT spectrum, not
Over the last week or so, I asked you to help the Family Pride Coalition meet a charity challenge from actor Kevin Bacon. I’m pleased to report they met the challenge, and will receive $10,000 from Bacon’s Sixdegrees organization. They also exceeded their goal of 1,138 donations, racking up $30,000 on top of Bacon’s $10,000.
Passing along information about a workshop in San Francisco for prospective parents. I don’t know the facilitator personally, but her topic seems relevant: Considering Parenthood? This may be the biggest decision of your life. Considering Parenthood is designed to help individuals, couples and co-parents to make the decision about whether they really want to parent
As a lesbian mom, I’m always interested in stories by adult children of LGBT parents. Writers such as Abigail Garner have reminded us how important it is for “queerspawn” to have a voice of their own, not filtered through our naturally biased lens of parenthood, however well intentioned. I was delighted, therefore, to see that
A few items from round and about: Überblog BoingBoing reports that the “non-dairy” smoothie additive used by popular chain Jamba Juice in fact contains non-fat dried milk. Something to keep in mind if you have food restrictions in your family. Scientists at the University of Toronto are are using a combination of ultrasound and blood
Is leaving a paying job to stay home with your kids “the worst mistake [you] ever made”? That’s what author Leslie Bennetts says older women have been telling her. She’s thus written The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? in order to “warn a new generation about the hidden costs of financial dependency,”
No, Mary Cheney is not going to appear on the next season of The L Word. You should, however, be aware of the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide, as Blogging Baby reports. In fact, a new study shows that everything is harmful to children—except, perhaps, Vanilla Chai Spice Similac. Babble’s Strollerderby has more.
