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

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

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

(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

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

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

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

(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

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

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

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