IP Web

Articles labeled: same sex parenting

Filed under: Columnists
Not Your Average Fairy Tale
The Accidental Adoption
By Melissa Doak
Okay, you’re probably thinking there’s no such thing as an accidental adoption. After all, in order to adopt you must do a variety of things that you can hardly do without meaning to. Things like showing caseworkers your home. Leaving...read more

Tags: adoption, same sex parenting, not your average fairy tale

Filed under: Columnists
Not Your Average Fairy Tale
The Ghosts of Halloweens Past
By Melissa Doak
Take One: Saadia in kindergarten. Only a few short and stormy months since she came to me. I was hanging on by a thread. My once-promising relationship with my fairly new girlfriend was on rocks… apparently it really killed the romance for her...read more

Tags: halloween, costumes, not your average fairy tale, same sex parenting

Filed under: Columnists
Not Your Average Fairy Tale
A Coming Out Story
By Melissa Doak
“You know what Miss Feldman told us today,” said a conspiratorial voice from the back seat. “She’s gay... EWWWW!!!” At the outset I have to say I have changed the names here to protect the guilty. The girl who made this...read more

Tags: same sex parenting, glbt, not your average fairy tale


Google
The Imperfect Parent Web
Sign up for Imperfect Parent News
We will never share or sell your email address
Our supporters:

   

"Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways." -- Samuel McChord Crothers