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Why My Kids’ Gender Identity Doesn’t Change How I Raise Them
If my kid wants to use “he” this week and “they” next week, it doesn’t change how I parent. At the end of the day, they still need dinner, hugs, help with homework, and reminders to brush their teeth. Their gender identity (and the ways they express it) doesn’t alter my role as mom. It…
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A Letter to My Fellow White Homeschool Moms
The vast majority of homeschoolers are white women, this means there’s a good chance that you, my current reader, are a white woman. This article is not about silencing you, but about encouraging mindfulness and intentionality in our words and actions. Since we occupy the majority, our voices carry a lot of weight within the…
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The Bittersweet Beauty of Letting Go: Watching My Child Come of Age
This weekend, I sat in a sanctuary and watched my child stand tall and speak with a confidence that shook something loose in me. He was taking part in his Unitarian Universalist Coming of Age ceremony, a rite of passage among Unitarian Universalists. But more than that, he was taking a step I didn’t prepare…

