There Doesn’t Have to Be a “Problem” With Cross-Gender Parenting

As many of you know, I am the parent of three—two girls and one boy. I have been a single parent for years and if I had my way, I would have even more children! Since my kids are approaching those late teenage years, I’m not ready to be done yet. One of the questions I get most often is how I manage to parent a boy? There is this assumption that a partnered mother can parent a boy, but an unpartnered one cannot. Sure, I might not BE a boy, but I am a parent… I decided years ago … Continue reading