Introduction: Questions That Ache
A Note on Power, Process, and Accountability
Part 1. Nitty-Gritty Decisions as Radical Practices
1. What Makes a Family?: Infertility, Masculinity, and the Fecundity of Grace
2. Money: Nurturing a Family Culture of Generosity and Justice
3. Education: Learning at the Speed of Trust
4. Where to Live: Putting Down Roots and Being Known
5. Spirituality: Entrusting Our Children to the Path
Part 2. Confronting the "Isms" in Our Families
6. Moving beyond Normativity: Family as a Haven for Authenticity, Self-Expression, and Equity
7. Raising Antiracist White Kids: Some Rules Need to Be Broken
8. Resisting Patriarchy: Messy, Beautiful Interdependence
9. Ableism: Opening Doors and Finding Transformation
10. Honoring Earth: Healing from the Carceral Mind and Climate Crisis with Joyful Interconnectedness
11. The Power of Story: Subversive Lessons from Grandmother Oak
Part 3. Reclaiming Community
12. Building Community: Choosing Life in the Certainty of Death
13. Risk and Resistance: The Cost and Gifts to Our Children
14. How Do I Heal the Future?: Reclaiming Traditional Ways for the Sake of Our Children
15. Confessions of a Bad Movement Parent: Raising Children for Autonomy
We Turned Out Human: Laurel Dykstra's Daughter Myriam Responds
Conclusion: Blessings upon the Unraveling
For Each Child That's Born: A Collective Poem
