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 writer, polyamorist, and educator who has been teaching classes on polyamory, sexuality, boundaries, kink, and the intersection of those on a local level and at conventions since 2018. She is the author of Ready for Polyamory: A Pragmatic Guide to Consensual Non-Monogamy. After more than 15 years in consensually non-monogamous relationships, in polycules that have ranged from temporarily closed Vs to constellations whose shapes are increasingly indescribable depending on which relationships folks consider worth including, she loves to share practical information learned from years of fixing her own mistakes and missteps.

TICKETING:

$15 - $35 in advance. Please pay at the level you can comfortably afford.

https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/4594086a30

We offer a sliding scale, so that cost is not a barrier to attendance.

The regular ticket is $25. This is what most people should pay.

The $15 ticket is offered for those for whom the $25 ticket would be a barrier to participation. If $25 is too much, we take your word for it! Just pay $15.

Have a great salary? Feeling generous? Paying at the $35 level allows us to make the discounted ticketing available to others who need it.

So - that's it! Choose the level you can comfortably afford.

ACCESS:

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

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