The Lesbian Parenting Book
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Author | : D.Merilee Clunis |
Publisher | : Seal Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2003-05-27 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9781580050906 |
Provides advice and anecdotes on each stage of parenting, filled with new information on internet safety, legal hoops for noncustodial parents, and late-in-life pregnancy.
Author | : Deborah Glazer |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2001-09-21 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
Find sources of support for raising a nontraditional family in a straight world! The experience of parenting is commonly overlooked in psychological theory, and lesbians and gay men are not typically considered as parents or parents to be. Gay and Lesbian Parenting examines the psychological issues related to developing family and becoming parents for gay men and lesbians. Instead of pathologizing gay and lesbian families, it explores the emotional growth and development issues inherent in child-rearing. Traditionally, coming out as gay or lesbian meant abandoning any hope of becoming a parent or keeping your children if you already had them. But with the “gayby boom” in full swing, more and more gay and lesbian couples are having new babies, adopting children, and continuing to raise the offspring of previous heterosexual relationships. Although gay and lesbian parents still face unique challenges in building and rearing a family, as well as the usual problems heterosexual couples encounter, Gay and Lesbian Parenting unflinchingly examines these concerns and offers positive suggestions and ideas for dealing with the difficulties. This life-affirming book takes a look at the practical and emotional realities of raising children in nontraditional family structures, including: issues of kinship, shared motherhood, and possessiveness in lesbian couples legal issues entailed by the lack of marriage and legal kinship parenthood as a powerful force for personal growth and development fatherhood as a process of creating connectedness in the family, community, and place of worship original empirical research on the mental health of lesbians’children the history of the gay and lesbian movement as it relates to child-rearing Gay and Lesbian Parenting affirms the power of gay and lesbian couples to raise healthy, happy children and to change and grow through their experience of parenting. This book is also essential for mental health professionals from psychiatric nurses to psychiatrists who are working with the gay and lesbian community.
Author | : Judith E. Snow |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
In their own words, children of different ages talk about how and when they learned of their gay or lesbian parent's sexual orientation, and the effect it has had on them.
Author | : Leslea Newman |
Publisher | : Candlewick |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 2015-03-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0763666319 |
Candlewick relaunches a modern classic for this generation with a beautifully illustrated edition. Heather’s favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn’t have a daddy. Then something interesting happens. When Heather and her classmates all draw pictures of their families, not one drawing is the same. It doesn’t matter who makes up a family, the teacher says, because “the most important thing about a family is that all the people in it love one another.” This delightful edition for a new generation of young readers features fresh illustrations by Laura Cornell and an updated story by Lesléa Newman.
Author | : Fiona Tasker |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2008-04-14 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 113678344X |
Over the past 30 years, research on gay and lesbian parents has produced findings that challenge deeply rooted beliefs in child psychology about the processes through which parents influence the development of their children. Gay and Lesbian Parenting: New Directions builds on this important research with a detailed multidisciplinary examination of established knowledge and emerging information. In addition to evaluating already substantiated findings, this innovative collection marks a turning point in the field by showcasing a new wave of research that examines the dynamics of same-sex parenting and addresses questions about newly emerging concerns such as the consequences of different routes to same-sex parenthood and the effects of social perceptions on gay and lesbian family life.
Author | : Anne Dohrenwend |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Bisexual youth |
ISBN | : 9780882823935 |
Coming out is a vulnerable time. Its announcement requires the re-exploration of a parent's personal feelings on homosexuality. Respecting your child's decisions isn't always easy, particularly if you fear his or her decisions will cost friends, ambitions, acceptance and respect. Dohrenwend provides practical guidance for parents of gay, bisexual and transgender children, as well as an indispensable reference for therapists, clergy, educators and psychological self-help collections.--
Author | : Frederick W. Bozett |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1987-09-18 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
This insightful new work deals with all of the contemporary issues concerning parenting by gay men and lesbians. It is designed to broaden readers' thinking on homosexuality and homosexuals in general; to include the dimension of children and parenting within the context of the homosexual family; and to provide specific information about it. The book also includes data on the children of gay and lesbian parents, as well as a discussion of alternative forms of parenthood such as adoptive and foster parenthood, stepparent families, and gay men and lesbians in heterosexual family unions. Because of their special significance, there are separate chapters on legal issues, counseling needs, and social psychological concerns for gays and lesbians considering parenthood.
Author | : April Martin |
Publisher | : Harper Perennial |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
Through the voices of lesbian and gay parents and their children talking about their experiences, Martin shows how to build the kind of support network that all parents need.
Author | : D. Merilee Clunis |
Publisher | : Seal Press (CA) |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Children of gay parents |
ISBN | : 9781878067685 |
"Drawing on the real-life experiences of lesbian families and the latest information from family specialists, the authors present detailed, chapter-by-chapter information on each stage of parenthood and child development. Filled with wisdom and humor, The Lesbian Parenting Book is essential reading for every lesbian who is involved in - or considering - raising a family."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author | : Lisa Saffron |
Publisher | : Diva Books |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Artificial insemination, Human |
ISBN | : |
Lisa Saffron is the acknowledged UK expert on self-insemination, runs parenting workshops and writes a column in "Diva" magazine about lesbian families. Now, in one unique volume, Saffron uses new interviews with lesbian parents and with their kids to bring alive the issues. Gay donors and fathers are also interviewed to find out how they fit in to the lesbian family. "It's a Family Affair" combines everything that was great about Saffron's previous work with the results of new research on how children fare in non-conventional families.