Enriching Teaching:

Resources for and about Families

• Talk to kids about by Dana Williams. Teaching Tolerance parenting columnists unflinchingly address tough parenting issues. A sample of topics includes: What transgender means. Music video images. The N-word. Body image. Same-sex marriage. Gender roles and stereotypes. Making room for size acceptance. Gender bashing. Disability bias. Name calling.
• Family Resources from the UUA
  • Taking It Home: Families and Faith—Tools for Deepening Your Faith at Home
    From the UUA Family Matters Task Force
    Taking It Home: Families and Faith is a series of six booklets written for congregations and families to use at home and in community to support them through life transitions and spiritual/ethical challenges. Topics include respect, time/money balance, marriage, divorce, loss, and interfaith families. Download the booklets in PDF format. The series is also available on CD; email bgifford@uua.org.
• Out of the shadows: A window on family diversity : This essay about adoption is followed by links to a shorter reflection about "respectful adoption language" and websites with resources.
• Mavin Foundation : The nation's leading organization that builds healthy communities that celebrate and advocate for mixed heritage people and families.
• aMaze : A non-profit organization of parents, educators and other caring adults working to create safe and respectful communities by promoting the knowledge and skills needed to work together across our differences.

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