http://www.mombian.com/2006/11/27/seasonal-thoughts-on-the-evolving-family/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mombian.com/2006/11/27/seasonal-thoughts-on-the-evolving-family/comment-page-1/#comment-7808 Robin Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:46:57 +0000 http://mombian.com/2006/11/27/seasonal-thoughts-on-the-evolving-family/#comment-7808 Thanks for another great post, Dana. Thanks for another great post, Dana.

]]> http://www.mombian.com/2006/11/27/seasonal-thoughts-on-the-evolving-family/comment-page-1/#comment-7709 Love rules at LesbianDad Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:00:33 +0000 http://mombian.com/2006/11/27/seasonal-thoughts-on-the-evolving-family/#comment-7709 [...] Thanks today to Dana, at Mombian, for “Seasonal Thoughts on the Evolving Family.” In it, she ruminates on a number of contemporary reports about evolving family structures, both as a result of LGBT families’ boundary-stretching, and because of changing practices on the part of heterosexual folk — delaying or avoiding marriage, becoming single parents by choice, and more. In her piece she reminds us of something she’d written about in late September, stats I think all “non-traditional” family folk should know, that Less than 25% of all American families consist of a married, opposite-sex couple living with their own (biological or adopted) children—down from 40% in 1970. (Some of the 15% drop is because of a rise in countable same-sex couples, but not all.) [...] [...] Thanks today to Dana, at Mombian, for “Seasonal Thoughts on the Evolving Family.” In it, she ruminates on a number of contemporary reports about evolving family structures, both as a result of LGBT families’ boundary-stretching, and because of changing practices on the part of heterosexual folk — delaying or avoiding marriage, becoming single parents by choice, and more. In her piece she reminds us of something she’d written about in late September, stats I think all “non-traditional” family folk should know, that Less than 25% of all American families consist of a married, opposite-sex couple living with their own (biological or adopted) children—down from 40% in 1970. (Some of the 15% drop is because of a rise in countable same-sex couples, but not all.) [...]

]]> http://www.mombian.com/2006/11/27/seasonal-thoughts-on-the-evolving-family/comment-page-1/#comment-7701 Polly Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:31:25 +0000 http://mombian.com/2006/11/27/seasonal-thoughts-on-the-evolving-family/#comment-7701 Thank you, Dana, for this thoughful and thought-provoking rumination--and for the nods to the other enlightening pieces (loved Jennifer Gruskoff's essay!). All of us raising kids in nontraditional families are, inadvertently and simply through our daily love and care, nurturing wee change agents who will understand family in a broader way. May we do them proud, that they may feel their own pride as deeply as they are able. Thank you, Dana, for this thoughful and thought-provoking rumination–and for the nods to the other enlightening pieces (loved Jennifer Gruskoff’s essay!). All of us raising kids in nontraditional families are, inadvertently and simply through our daily love and care, nurturing wee change agents who will understand family in a broader way. May we do them proud, that they may feel their own pride as deeply as they are able.

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