![]() ![]() LGBTQ Families/Parenting Materials from Keshet.Here are just a few suggestions if you are looking for inclusive materials: If your library includes books that reflect diverse families.How comfortable the leaders of your children’s’ programs are with children with LGBTQ parents and.If your teaching materials include different types of families.leaving a space of parents/guardians, rather than specifying the gender and type of parent) Whether your paperwork to register children assumes a mother and father or offers space for alternatives (i.e. ![]() How childcare providers and teachers talk about what a family is.It can mean the world to kids to hear their kind of family affirmed in church, childcare, or in educational programs. ![]() Many children are being raised by two mothers, two fathers, a single parent, a grandparent or parents, or in foster care. ![]() Take a look at your children’s programs and consider how welcoming they are to children from households other than ones headed by a mother and father. Among African-Americans, the number is even higher, with 34% raising children. More than a quarter of same-sex households include children, with studies showing 28.7% of families overall raising children, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA. Part of being a vibrant inclusive faith community is creating affirming space not only for LGBTQ people but for our families as well. ![]()
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