Tag: birds and bees

My Son Came Out to Me. Now What?

Post author By Guest Writer
Post date Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
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I am an ally for LGBTQ people. In the past few years, I have been educating myself on these issues and all forms of oppression, exploring diversity in its many variations and definitions. And just when I was getting pretty comfortable – don’t do that because it means you’re getting smug – life threw me […]

Tags birds and bees, bookshelf, eye contact, frustrations, GLBT families, GLBT issues, haze, oppression, pansexual, parenting, perspectives, rest of the day, silent mode, ultimatum

Bodies Parenting

Parenting: The Talk

It is one of the scariest things about being a parent. It’s one of the scariest things about being a teenager. It’s been known to turn grown men into quivering piles of embarrassed goo. It is The Talk. I hear about parent groups protesting Sex Ed in schools and I wonder what the hell is […]

Tags becoming parents, birds and bees, boys having sex, eighteenth birthday, family background, health class, intents and purposes, mom dad, parent groups, sex ed, teenage sons, the talk