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Parenting Transgender Child More than ‘Just a Phase’

April 24, 2019 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

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“Maybe it’s just a phase.” I said it to my wife while we were alone. I knew it was wrong, but I was feeling it so intensely that I had to let it out. I was feeling it because I really, really wanted it to be true. Our middle child had recently come out as transgender. I wasn’t supposed to feel the way I was feeling. I was woke. I mean, I was “hella woke,” as we say here in Nor Cal. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area so I’ve been around LGBTQ people my entire life. In fact, if my child had said they were gay it would have been easy. I know how to move through that world. While … [Read more...]

Filed Under: gender / sexuality Tagged With: gender identity, Roberto Santiago, transgender

One Dad’s Animated Battle Against Gender Stereotypes

December 10, 2018 by Kevin McKeever Leave a Comment

whit honea appears in animated form discussing gender roles in the online version of The Atlantic

If some gender stereotypes seem cartoonish by today's standards, is there a better way to discuss them than in animated video? That exactly what our own Whit Honea, a Los Angeles City Dads Group member, does in a recent piece for The Atlantic online magazine. Honea narrates "Outdated Gender Stereotypes Are ‘Very Much Alive,’" a three-minute essay on his family's experience with the assigning of old-fashioned gender roles in the modern world. The video is part of Home School, an animated series about parenting produced by The Atlantic. Previous episodes tackled issues such as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: gender / sexuality Tagged With: gender roles, stereotypes

Curiosity: Parents Need to Nurture It in Today’s Wired Children

November 14, 2018 by Vincent O'Keefe 1 Comment

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“So is every day a sunny day?” That is the question that stumped my father several decades ago when I took my first airplane flight as a child. Once we ascended through the dark gray clouds, I was stunned that the sunny blue sky reappeared in all its glory. My concrete-over-abstract brain at the time thought a gray sky meant the absence of the sun, not just its obstruction. Hence my question. “Well,” my father replied, “I guess you could say that.” Little did I know that by welcoming my question and exploring its meaning through a series of follow-up questions, he fostered my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: gender / sexuality, parenting advice Tagged With: creativity, technology

Mental Health, Masculinity, Hearings and Cookies

October 3, 2018 by Whit Honea 2 Comments

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“Come here,” I said. “You need to see this.” My oldest boy walked toward me, his hands bright and swollen in mismatched oven gloves, one of which complimented the apron. He knew what it was that he needed to see, or at least the gist of it. I had been calling him to my side of the kitchen island for the better part of an hour, skipping from video to video, Twitter to Facebook and back again. “Watch this one,” I said. This one featured a man twisted as a pretzel. He was stale, salty and, apparently, wanting for beer. My son watched in silence for a moment, the words screaming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: gender / sexuality, health, news Tagged With: anxiety, masculinity, mental health, politics, sons

Oregon Leader 1st Gay Father to Lead National At-Home Dad Network

September 27, 2018 by Kevin McKeever Leave a Comment

josh bellish family portland dads group at-home dad network

Josh Bellish of Beaverton, Ore., hit the internet shortly after the birth of his son three years ago in search of others in a similar situation to his own -- an at-home father looking for a way to combat the isolation that sometimes comes with full-time parenting. Just three years later Bellish has become a leader in two of those groups he found online: co-organizer of our 550-member Portland (PDX) Dads Group and, as of this month, the president of the nonprofit National At-Home Dad Network. That latest title is of significant note. Bellish's election a few weeks ago at the HomeDadCon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: gender / sexuality, news Tagged With: LGBTQ parents, National At-Home Dad Network, Portland Dads Group, work-at-home parents

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