By Roxane Gay — 2021
Legal protections against pregnancy discrimination are one thing. Actual feelings of security are another.
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Becoming a stepparent by blending families or marrying someone with kids can be rewarding and fulfilling. If you've never had kids, you'll get the chance to share your life with a younger person and help to shape his or her character.
We weren’t going to assign a gender or disclose their reproductive anatomy to people who didn’t need to know, and we were going to use the gender-neutral personal pronouns they, them and their.
Gender isn't limited to boys and girls, so it's time to break the habit of assuming people must be one or the other. The best place to start? Teaching the right concepts to our children.
A mother recounts the pushback she received from her own family in raising a gender-nonconforming child.
Freddy McConnell’s lawyer says judge was wrong to say ‘mother’ was not a gendered term.
When things get tough, focus on your relationship. It'll get better.
The children are angry and vulnerable, the father sides with them out of guilt, and stepmothers are just expected to suck it all up
Mother-daughter bonds within the Black community can be powerful counters against systemic oppression. We invited four moms to share their wisdom in open letters to their daughters.
How to make it work at home.
How (and why) they find the time to parent and find a partner.