![]() 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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