ONLINE: Polyamory and Parenting

Many polyamorous people have to address the strawman reaction of “But what about the children?” When they come out as polyamorous - and still more have concerns about how their relationships will intersect with them or their partners having children. This class touches on some of the biggest “kid issues” polyamorous folks will face, including:

• Approaches to coming out to older children either as a theoretical idea or when you have additional relationships;
• Addressing non-traditional family structures with toddlers and young children;
• Explaining new partners and what their role is, or how it is evolving, to different age groups;
• Concerns of schoolmates and other children yours may interact with;
• Interactions with schools and doctors offices regarding children and additional partners or additional parents;
• Legal concerns of multi-parent families;
• Smoothing big relationship transitions for children, why and how one might want to do that.

PRESENTER:

Laura Boyle is a relationship coach, educator, and author of Monogamy? In this Economy? Finances, Childrearing, and Other Practical Concerns of Polyamory. She's the voice behind the Ready for Polyamory blog and podcast, and has been an expert voice on polyamory in such publications as The Boston Globe and Cosmopolitan. She's been polyamorous for nearly 20 years and has been teaching since 2018.

TICKETING:

$30 suggested; $20-$40 sliding scale. We offer a sliding scale, so that cost is not a barrier to attendance. Choose the level you can comfortably afford.

https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/2afa223002

If cost is a barrier at any level, please use the "Volunteer List" to request a free scholarship ticket. We will award as many scholarship tickets as we can on a space-available basis.

ACCESS:

This will be a live, online class offered through Zoom. To participate, you will need to download the free, basic version of the Zoom app before the class! This class may be recorded but is not guaranteed available for later viewing.

Zoom now provides closed captioning which will be available for this event.