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Special Topics in Being a Parent with S. Bear Bergman

November 17 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Please join Moon Palace Books and author S. Bear Bergman on Sunday, November 17th at 3:00pm for a discussion of Special Topics in Being a Parent.
**This is an in-person event. Masks are required in store.**
Being a parent is enormously joyful, but it is also an enormous amount of work. Parenting requires you to make dozens of decisions a day, every one of which in some way shapes the person your child will grow into. It can be difficult to know in these moments whether you’re on the right track. Progressive parents especially can feel adrift when caregiving in ways that were not modeled for them.
From S. Bear Bergman – advice columnist, educator, and queer dad with fifteen years of parenting under his belt – comes Special Topics in Being a Parent, a witty and insightful collection of child-rearing tips for those in search of realistic ideas about screens and lunches that don’t come with a side order of judgment. Using his own choices – and errors – by way of example, Bergman offers suggestions for various stages of the parenting journey, from asking “Are we ready to have a kid?” to talking with children about diversity and difference, to questioning gender expectations placed on both kids and parents. With plenty of humour and compassion, and featuring charming illustrations by Saul Freedman-Lawson, this guide helps parents to live their parenting values while enabling their kids to grow their capacities, understand the world, and above all, feel connected and loved.

S. Bear Bergman is an author, storyteller, educator, and the founder and publisher of children’s book press Flamingo Rampant, which makes feminist, culturally diverse children’s picture books celebrating LGBT2Q+ kids and families. He writes creative non-fiction for grown-ups, fiction for children, and the advice column “Asking Bear” and is the co-editor (with Kate Bornstein) of Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (2010) and the author of Special Topics in Being a Human (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2021). Their other books include The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You and Blood, Marriage, Wine & Glitter.

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Date:
November 17
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.moonpalacebooks.com/events/851120241117

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Moon Palace Books
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Moon Palace Books
3032 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN 55406 United States
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