By Alex Temblador The holidays are upon us and with that brings family. For some, it’s a glorious time to rekindle relationships with family members you love whom you haven’t seen since last year. For others, there’s this feeling of dread deep in your gut. You’re going to have to see that racist/xenophobic/sexist/transphobic/homophobic aunt, or […]
By: Amber Leventry My partner and I recently took the kids to our favorite pizza place, which for four of the warm Vermont months also serves as our favorite ice cream spot. We were in the middle our farewell to summer dinner, eating pizza outside on a warm, late September evening. The manager came out […]
By Mikayla Denault As a daughter of two incredibly loving mothers, I am frequently confronted with questions about my family. I am always absolutely delighted when my peers bring up the topic because these discussions create one astounding virtue that society needs. This virtue is awareness. Awareness spreads information like wildfire and ignites conversations on […]
By Alex Temblador There’s a lot to be stressed about during back to school season — supplies, clothes shopping, meeting new teachers, and signing up for the PTA. However, for LGBT parents they have to add another stress to their list of back to school worries — coming out. See with every new school year […]
As Brandy says in The Next Family’s newest YouTube video, your doctor may tell you that you’re old if you start planning to have kids in your 30s — but the reality is — you’re not. Brandy and Susan of The Next Family explain in their newest YouTube video, why it’s great to start having […]
In The Next Family’s newest YouTube video, Susan Howard provides some awesome advice for expecting dads and non-bio moms As a non-bio mom with three children, Susan has some amazing tips for how dads and non-bio moms can navigate the time in which their partner delivers a baby and the time following in the first […]
By Alex Temblador This last weekend, I was speaking to someone about growing older and the different stages of life. Of course, parenting was one of the topics that we discussed, but more specifically, becoming a single parent by choice. For this person that I spoke with, becoming a single parent by choice never seemed […]
By Jillian Lauren “She used to sing musical theater loud in the grocery store,” said Scott, when we and the other people in our foster parent training were talking about what sort of strategies we might use to address public tantrums. “I did?” I asked. “Don’t you remember that?” he seemed shocked. “Oh yeah, I […]
By Ann Brown People prepare you for a lot when you first have a baby. They tell you that you will experience love that is deeper than you’ve ever known; that you will be more tired than you ever thought possible; that your ability to smell all kinds of gross smells is beyond what you […]
By Ann Brown There really are no new topics in parenting. It’s the old same themes, just with new details. Or maybe that’s what I tell myself when I’m on a deadline for a parenting article and I have a headache from last night’s extensive “research” for pairing the best wine with each of the […]
