co-parenting

Co-founders of Pride Angel Erika and Karen are enthusiastic about sharing their experience and knowledge through seminars, talks and workshops across the UK.
Their next talk will take place within the L Group families’ workshop:

Titled:
Co-parenting and using a known donor
Ever considering co-parenting or finding a known donor to conceive? How will the anonymity law affect any future children? Find out more about the practicalities, finding a donor through a website, legal considerations and treatment options available.

Talk: Co-parenting and using a known donor

The following recent article by the Daily Mail highlights the risks both physically and emotionally of sleeping with a sperm donor met online. As a single woman any donor would be classed as the child’s legal father and could be held financially responsible. For this reason many donors may try to conceal their true identity, which adds a greater risk for the recipient, of not having adequate identification for CRB checks and health screening tests. Not to mention the importance of any child not being able to trace their biological routes when they are older.

What are Inner Critics and what do they have to do with becoming parents and raising kids? As importantly, what do they have to do with my relationship with my spouse?

Inner Critics are those negative voices in our heads that speak in absolutes, prohibitions, commands & insults....
“You always [or never] do that!”
“Don’t you dare say that!”
“You should [or shouldn’t] think that!”
“That was a really stupid thing to do or think or say!”

I love the description of Inner Critics that I learned in coaching school, only Co-Active Coaching© calls them Saboteurs.

I’m not just a values-junkie; I’m a pusher. I believe if we define our most crucial values and honor at least some of them, some of the time, we’ll lead happier lives, which can increase relationship satisfaction and joy as co-parents.

How do we figure out our core values? By exploring what we love, what inspires us, who we wanna be when we grow up, and by describing what drives us crazy. So, grab a pen and paper, and answer some questions. Why? Because this is how we get to find out our REAL Family Values!

In the last few days, I’ve been trying to carve out time to post about "relationship resolutions" we might set for the coming year.

Despite my resolve, I forgot to factor in ‘tis the season for the flu. Writing about the future seems impossible when our daughter is projectile vomiting, and my wife and I are a tag-team swabbing the decks and keeping our sweet pea hydrated.

It’s impossible both literally—who can write anything when their child is ill?—and figuratively—somehow the future pales when the present is so, uh, tangible.

The Alternative Families Show is taking place this Saturday 23rd October 2010 - 10am to 5pm, Grand Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden, London. Tickets are now available on the day priced £10.

The Alternative Families Show is for would be parents and for families already set up. For those people looking to start a family there are experts on hand to discuss all the options available to a same-sex, male or female couple and to single people wanting to become a parent. Informative seminars will be running throughout the day from conception to schooling.

The Times Weekend section are doing a piece on the Alternative Families Show, taking place Saturday 23rd October 2010 - 10am to 5pm GRAND CONNAUGHT ROOMS, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON
The Times are looking for a compelling case study to lead the piece, of people who have successfully started a family through co-parenting.

Would any of our members be interested in a photo shoot and an interview with them, talking about your experience of finding someone to start a family with, who you are not in a relationship with?