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A slice of humble pie: when your 3-year-old reveals you’re still attached to traditional gender norms

Posted on March 23, 2018 by strivingshannon

Over the past several years, I’ve chronicled our family’s journey to support our now 6-year-old son to express himself in… Read more A slice of humble pie: when your 3-year-old reveals you’re still attached to traditional gender norms

Halloween costumes and gender norms: my son as Elsa vs. my daughter as Darth Vader

Posted on October 3, 2016 by strivingshannon

Last year, I shared my concerns and internal struggle to make space for my then 3-year-old son’s wish to dress as Elsa from… Read more Halloween costumes and gender norms: my son as Elsa vs. my daughter as Darth Vader

My Family Builders: Playing while talking race, gender and family structures with my 4-year-old

Posted on August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 by strivingshannon

(This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are mine and organic!) I’m always on the hunt for children’s books… Read more My Family Builders: Playing while talking race, gender and family structures with my 4-year-old

Talking about Orlando with my 4-year-old

Posted on June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 by strivingshannon

Last week was incredibly difficult. Orlando, as a community, was rocked with several traumatic events, the most severe being the… Read more Talking about Orlando with my 4-year-old

A pink barrette and my four-year-old son

Posted on May 18, 2016 by strivingshannon

Over the past year, I’ve chronicled my successes and struggles with making space for my four-year old son to explore… Read more A pink barrette and my four-year-old son

Lessons in ambiguity: How I talk about gender and sex with my 18-month-old

Posted on May 4, 2016 by strivingshannon

Sex, gender and gender identity are complex concepts. When I say sex, I mean a person’s biological, anatomical internal and external sexual organs.… Read more Lessons in ambiguity: How I talk about gender and sex with my 18-month-old

My child is not colorblind and research supports neither is yours

Posted on April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 by strivingshannon

(All names have been changed) My nearly four-year-old son came home from his first soccer practice excited and exhausted. I… Read more My child is not colorblind and research supports neither is yours

How (and why) I introduced gender identity to my 3-year-old son

Posted on March 16, 2016April 13, 2016 by strivingshannon

My husband and I are striving to raise our children outside the confines of traditional gender norms. We are not… Read more How (and why) I introduced gender identity to my 3-year-old son

The need to ask women and girls better questions

Posted on February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 by strivingshannon

Last week, a twitter user wrote short bios on male scientists as if they were female to portray the ways marital status,… Read more The need to ask women and girls better questions

Talking about racism and the police with my 3-year-old son

Posted on January 20, 2016 by strivingshannon

Last week, I shared my recent experience with calling the police on behalf of an African-American man who was walking… Read more Talking about racism and the police with my 3-year-old son

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