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Rainbow Parenting

Your Guide to Raising Queer Kids and Their Allies

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An essential guide for parents and caregivers to raising queer-friendly children in a gender-affirming space.
In the face of so many injustices across society for LGBTQ+ people, it can be easy for parents of young children to feel helpless and hopeless. While they may not be able to address every problem across the country, there's a simple place to start: right at home.
Rainbow Parenting is an indispensable stepping stone for adults who want to raise and teach kids in a queer and gender-affirming way, but might not know how. Lindz Amer, the creator of Queer Kid Stuff, an award-winning LGBTQ+ educational webseries for children and families, is an expert guide, leading readers through practical applications, important LGBTQ+ history, key lessons in intersectionality, pronouns, social justice, and more. Divided by sections that address kids' individual ages—from infancy to kindergarten—this joyful and approachable book shares a bit of hope and starts with the understanding that anyone can spread queer joy.
By giving parents and their kids a vocabulary to express themselves, Rainbow Parenting ultimately aims to create more empathetic adults—and spreads a message of radical acceptance in a world where it's sometimes dangerous to just be yourself.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 1, 2023
      Rainbow Parenting podcaster Amer debuts with an insightful program on how parents, educators, and caregivers can “create a queer and gender-affirming environment” for children from birth through elementary school. Providing advice on how to raise kids “with the idea that they can grow up to identify any which way,” Amer offers strategies for teaching children about gender and resisting common gendered parenting practices. For infants, they recommend using gender neutral nursery decorations (such as ocean or outer space motifs) and skipping the gender reveal party. Expounding on the importance of “body kindness” (the idea that “our bodies deserve respect from ourselves and from others”), Amer encourages readers to model the concept of consent for toddlers by asking them “if it’s okay to hug them.” Taking note of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ finding that children often have a sense of their gender identity by age four, Amer exhorts readers to ask preschoolers their pronouns and teach elementary school–age kids about the gender spectrum and LGBTQ history. Filled with practical guidance and thoughtful commentary, this is a valuable resource for raising children beyond the gender binary.

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