Parenting Blog

by Marian M. Jones

The title screams out in garish pink block letters. How to Supercharge Your Marriage, Make Your Spouse Leapingly Blissful, and Become A Prize-Winning Parent. Then, way at the bottom, in type so small it belongs at the eye doctor’s, the subtitle reads: Relationship Lessons From Gays and Lesbians.

I turn the book over and read the blurb on the back:

Let gays teach YOU how to:

* Be more flexible about sex roles

by Dianna Nelsun

Shared parenting is an arrangement that divorced parents use so that both parents participate in equal amounts in raising the children. It can be a great solution for parents who want to be part of their children’s lives. It also allows the child to develop good relationships with both parents after a divorce.