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For Lesbian Parents: Your Guide to Helping Your Family Grow Up Happy, Healthy and Proud ISBN: 1572306637 ISBN13: 9781572306639 For Lesbian Parents: Your Guide to Helping Your Family Grow Up Happy, Healthy and Proud By: Suzanne M. Johnson ; Elizabeth O'Connor Publisher: Guilford Publications Format: Paperback Our Price: 12.95

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Raising a child is overwhelming, thrilling, exhausting, terrifying, and joyous - and all at the same time. In addition to the adjustments that any new parents must make, lesbian mothers face numerous special questions and concerns. From coming out to your child to coping with the pressures of trying to be a lesbian super-mum, this book offers information and support for women forging a new path in what it means to be a family. The authors are qualified for the task as developmental psychologists who are also co-parenting two young daughters. With clarity and wit, they offer helpful advice on what kids need to know, and at what age; how to help them respond to questions and teasing from peers; ways to foster sensitivity in relatives, teachers, and others; how to talk to teens about their own developing sexuality; how parenting affects couple relationships; and much more. Chapters are packed with the insights and experience of lesbians who have come to be parents in a variety of ways. Also included are listings of useful web-sites, publications, and other resources.


Contents:

Part I: Introduction and Overview

Introduction: Why Write This Book? Lesbian Mothers: Who We Are

Dos and Don'ts for Lesbian Mothers

Part II

The Lesbian Family in Interpersonal Relationships From Couple to Family

How to Help Our Children Better Understand Our Family

Dealing with Others: Family, Professionals, and People in Our Children's Lives

Helping Our Children Deal with Others

Dealing with Schools

Religion and Spirituality

Child Development and Lesbian Mothers

Gender Development, Boys will be Boys, Girls will be Girls, and Men in Our Children's Lives

Sexuality and Our Children

Homophobia and Diversity

Special Circumstances

Divorce and Lesbian Breakup

Stepfamilies

Alternative Insemination and Adoption

Conclusion

Future Directions and Concluding Thoughts

Appendix: Parenting Books
- Resources.


Brief Description:

This wise and reassuring book offers information and support for women forging a new path in what it means to be a family.

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