Family Law

All children want to know where they came from. In non-traditional families, the answers may be more difficult.

The Family Equality Council sums it up like this:

The presumption of a mother and father creating a child (which may be valid for some of our children) is one with which our children will be saturated through their daily interactions with children?s books, the media, school personnel, peer discussions and exposure to various family models. It is your job as a parent, whether you identify as part of the LGBTQ community or not, to teach your children about different family constellations.

The council offers a free publication Talking To Children About Our Families that contains age-appropriate language and examples for some of the questions you might get from your own kids and others in your life. Download it here. Check out their other publications here.

Hat tip to: Family Equality Council