Tag: gender

Talking with Kids about Gender in a Way They Can Understand...

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Humans want to put things into categories, to find patterns. No inherent problem there. As parents and caregivers, we have influence over how our...

Five Tips for Talking About Gender and Sexuality With Your Kids

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My husband and I have always been pretty open with our daughters about their bodies and how they work. We talk a lot about...

Pink is Just a Color… Or Is It? The Gender of...

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It’s freezing outside, but if I stay inside any longer with my two kids, there are going to be bloody fingernail marks on the...

Books That Break Gender Stereotypes: Part II

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For as many times as I have heard comments about gender stereotypes for girls, I have heard as many comments towards boys. "Your hair looks like a...

This Mom of Boys Is Outraged

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I don't know how to react to the recent news involving Brock Turner and his "20 minutes of action" other than to be outraged. I...

Let’s Fight the Tyranny of Self-Care

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If I read one more article demanding I make time for self-care, I will burn the Internet to the ground. I mean it. This isn't...

Books that Break Gender Stereotype, Part I

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It happened again the other day. I was in my classroom and my kiddos had just returned from art or music, or someplace else outside...

A Letter to My Purple-Loving Boy

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My Dear Little Boy, As you go out into the world, I have one wish for you: I hope that you always love the color...

An Open Letter to My Son, His Dolls, and His Tutu

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My sweet boy Liam, I realize open letters may seem cliché and are so often over-used. But that seems somewhat inconsequential. I have so much...

All Boy? So Girly? My response to a post about being...

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The other day, while at my son’s dance class I overheard him and few other boys talking about butts. I looked at another mom...