🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Parenting

Books that navigate the unique terrain of raising children as queer women, from building families through unconventional paths to confronting societal expectations with love and resilience.

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians

by Rachel Pepper • 1999

You don't get a conception manual. This one covers donors, fertility, and the invisible partner.

3.72

179

📊 Fertility Tracking 🧬 Donor Conception 👥 Non-Birthing Partner

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians Summary

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians 93%

You don't get a conception manual. This one covers donors, fertility, and the invisible partner.

by Rachel Pepper 1999

3.72

179 ratings

📊 Fertility Tracking 🧬 Donor Conception 👥 Non-Birthing Partner

Knocking Myself Up

by Michelle Tea • 2022

Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.

3.98

983

🧬 Fertility Journey 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenthood 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family

Knocking Myself Up 90%

Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.

by Michelle Tea 2022

3.98

983 ratings

🧬 Fertility Journey 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenthood 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family

The Kid

by Dan Savage • 1999

Two gay men. One homeless birth mother. And the open adoption goodbye nobody warned them about.

4.05

9k+

🤝 Open Adoption 👨‍👨‍👦 Gay Fathers 📖 Adoption Memoir

The Kid 90%

Two gay men. One homeless birth mother. And the open adoption goodbye nobody warned them about.

by Dan Savage 1999

4.05

9k+ ratings

🤝 Open Adoption 👨‍👨‍👦 Gay Fathers 📖 Adoption Memoir

Nanny in the Middle

by Adrian J. Smith • 2025

A nanny falls for three mothers who share her. Their fragile family faces a vengeful ex.

4.26

742

😈 Why Choose Romance 🧸 Nanny Romance 🏠 Found Family

Nanny in the Middle 89%

A nanny falls for three mothers who share her. Their fragile family faces a vengeful ex.

by Adrian J. Smith 2025

4.26

742 ratings

😈 Why Choose Romance 🧸 Nanny Romance 🏠 Found Family

This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids

by Dan Owens-Reid • 2014

Your kid came out. Now what? Practical answers about school, faith, safety, and sex.

4.16

269

🌈 Parenting Lgbtq Kids 🚪 Coming Out Support 💬 Family Communication

This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids Summary

This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids 89%

Your kid came out. Now what? Practical answers about school, faith, safety, and sex.

by Dan Owens-Reid 2014

4.16

269 ratings

🌈 Parenting Lgbtq Kids 🚪 Coming Out Support 💬 Family Communication

Taming of a Rebel

by Eada Friesian • 2024

A single mom's meet-cute with a guarded guardian opens the door to love neither saw coming.

3.89

2k+

🧊 Ice Queen 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🧲 Opposites Attract

Taming of a Rebel 88%

A single mom's meet-cute with a guarded guardian opens the door to love neither saw coming.

by Eada Friesian 2024

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧊 Ice Queen 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🧲 Opposites Attract

Single Mothers by Choice

by Jane Mattes • 1994

Becoming a mother alone: donors, adoption, and the practical groundwork that makes it last.

3.68

184

👩‍👧 Solo Motherhood 🧬 Donor Conception 📋 Adoption Guides

Single Mothers by Choice 88%

Becoming a mother alone: donors, adoption, and the practical groundwork that makes it last.

by Jane Mattes 1994

3.68

184 ratings

👩‍👧 Solo Motherhood 🧬 Donor Conception 📋 Adoption Guides

When You Least Expect It

by Haley Cass • 2020

A divorce lawyer takes on her nemesis's wife as a client, and risks falling in love.

4.26

19k+

🔥 Slow Burn 🎄 Holiday Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom

When You Least Expect It 88%

A divorce lawyer takes on her nemesis's wife as a client, and risks falling in love.

by Haley Cass 2020

4.26

19k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn 🎄 Holiday Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom

Lately Lesbian

by J.D. Simmons • 2019

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

4.12

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Lately Lesbian 88%

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

by J.D. Simmons 2019

4.12

17 ratings

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Not That I'd Kiss A Girl

by Lil O'Brien • 2020

Kicked out for coming out, she finds love, queer soccer, and the slow work of pride.

4.17

685

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories 📚 Lesbian Memoirs 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Not That I'd Kiss A Girl 88%

Kicked out for coming out, she finds love, queer soccer, and the slow work of pride.

by Lil O'Brien 2020

4.17

685 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories 📚 Lesbian Memoirs 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Safe

by Mark Daley • 2024

They became a family of four. Foster care's goal was to make them three again.

4.41

690

🏠 Foster Care 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenting ⚖️ Child Welfare Reform

Safe 88%

They became a family of four. Foster care's goal was to make them three again.

by Mark Daley 2024

4.41

690 ratings

🏠 Foster Care 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenting ⚖️ Child Welfare Reform

Like Family

by Erin O. White • 2025

Three queer families share everything: carpools, holidays, and one secret that could break them.

3.49

4k+

🫂 Chosen Family 🌈 Queer Parenthood 🤫 Secret Parentage

Like Family 88%

Three queer families share everything: carpools, holidays, and one secret that could break them.

by Erin O. White 2025

3.49

4k+ ratings

🫂 Chosen Family 🌈 Queer Parenthood 🤫 Secret Parentage

First Comes Love

by Marion Winik • 1996

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

4.14

441

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage

First Comes Love 88%

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

by Marion Winik 1996

4.14

441 ratings

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering

by Sarah J. Buckley • 2005

Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.

3.98

1k+

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🤱 Attachment Parenting 📋 Informed Consent

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering 88%

Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.

by Sarah J. Buckley 2005

3.98

1k+ ratings

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🤱 Attachment Parenting 📋 Informed Consent

Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal

by Scott Benner • 2013

A stay-at-home dad could handle laundry and diapers. The diabetes diagnosis was something else.

4.09

151

🏠 Stay-At-Home Parenting 👨‍👧‍👦 Modern Fatherhood 📋 Adoption Stories

Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal Summary

Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal 88%

A stay-at-home dad could handle laundry and diapers. The diabetes diagnosis was something else.

by Scott Benner 2013

4.09

151 ratings

🏠 Stay-At-Home Parenting 👨‍👧‍👦 Modern Fatherhood 📋 Adoption Stories

Better Than Expected

by Haley Cass • 2022

Escaping a controlling marriage, a single mother falls for the one woman her ex-husband despises.

4.17

9k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👯‍♀️ Friends To Lovers ❤️‍🩹 Healing From Abuse

Better Than Expected 88%

Escaping a controlling marriage, a single mother falls for the one woman her ex-husband despises.

by Haley Cass 2022

4.17

9k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👯‍♀️ Friends To Lovers ❤️‍🩹 Healing From Abuse

A Little Kissing Between Friends

by Chencia C. Higgins • 2024

After one night with her best friend, a musician can't lose the single mom she's falling for.

3.69

2k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance

A Little Kissing Between Friends Summary

A Little Kissing Between Friends 87%

After one night with her best friend, a musician can't lose the single mom she's falling for.

by Chencia C. Higgins 2024

3.69

2k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • 2017

Fifteen lessons for raising a daughter who knows her worth is unconditional, not a negotiation.

4.50

89k+

👶 Feminist Parenting 👧 Raising Daughters 🌍 African Feminism

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Summary

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions 87%

Fifteen lessons for raising a daughter who knows her worth is unconditional, not a negotiation.

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2017

4.50

89k+ ratings

👶 Feminist Parenting 👧 Raising Daughters 🌍 African Feminism

What a Daughter Needs From Her Dad

by Michael Farris • 2004

A dad's guide to building a daughter's faith, money sense, and confidence until marriage.

3.93

118

👧 Raising Daughters ✝️ Christian Parenting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Discipleship

What a Daughter Needs From Her Dad Summary

What a Daughter Needs From Her Dad 87%

A dad's guide to building a daughter's faith, money sense, and confidence until marriage.

by Michael Farris 2004

3.93

118 ratings

👧 Raising Daughters ✝️ Christian Parenting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Discipleship

Becoming Nicole

by Amy Ellis Nutt • 2015

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

4.22

13k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity

Becoming Nicole 87%

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

by Amy Ellis Nutt 2015

4.22

13k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity

Doing It All

by Ruby Russell • 2024

The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.

4.24

🧑‍🧒 Single Motherhood 💰 Care Economy ☭ Marxist Feminism

Doing It All 87%

The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.

by Ruby Russell 2024

4.24

17 ratings

🧑‍🧒 Single Motherhood 💰 Care Economy ☭ Marxist Feminism

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book

by Felice Newman • 1999

From first touch to BDSM scenes: the unabashed guide to lesbian sex, anatomy, and connection.

4.11

937

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Sexuality 🧬 Pleasure Anatomy 💥 Orgasm Guide

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book 87%

From first touch to BDSM scenes: the unabashed guide to lesbian sex, anatomy, and connection.

by Felice Newman 1999

4.11

937 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Sexuality 🧬 Pleasure Anatomy 💥 Orgasm Guide

Ambitious Like a Mother

by Lara Bazelon • 2022

Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.

3.58

164

👩‍💼 Working Motherhood 💪 Female Ambition 🍼 Intensive Mothering

Ambitious Like a Mother 87%

Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.

by Lara Bazelon 2022

3.58

164 ratings

👩‍💼 Working Motherhood 💪 Female Ambition 🍼 Intensive Mothering

The Most Important Job In The World

by Gina Rushton • 2022

The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.

4.08

988

❓ Choosing Parenthood ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌍 Climate Anxiety

The Most Important Job In The World Summary

The Most Important Job In The World 87%

The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.

by Gina Rushton 2022

4.08

988 ratings

❓ Choosing Parenthood ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌍 Climate Anxiety

Strong Mothers, Strong Sons

by Meg Meeker • 2014

Your son will eventually fight you. How to survive the battle and raise a man you admire.

3.91

3k+

👩‍👦 Mother-Son Relationship ✝️ Christian Parenting 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Strong Mothers, Strong Sons 87%

Your son will eventually fight you. How to survive the battle and raise a man you admire.

by Meg Meeker 2014

3.91

3k+ ratings

👩‍👦 Mother-Son Relationship ✝️ Christian Parenting 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

The Mission Of Motherhood

by Sally Clarkson • 2003

How a mother's daily routines become the architecture of her children's faith.

4.37

3k+

🕊️ Christian Parenting 🎯 Intentional Motherhood 📖 Child Discipleship

The Mission Of Motherhood 87%

How a mother's daily routines become the architecture of her children's faith.

by Sally Clarkson 2003

4.37

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Parenting 🎯 Intentional Motherhood 📖 Child Discipleship

Above All Things

by Roslyn Sinclair • 2022

Her secret affair with her pregnant, powerful boss is one tabloid leak away from disaster.

4.51

4k+

🧊 Ice Queen ⏳ Age Gap 💼 Workplace Romance

Above All Things 87%

Her secret affair with her pregnant, powerful boss is one tabloid leak away from disaster.

by Roslyn Sinclair 2022

4.51

4k+ ratings

🧊 Ice Queen ⏳ Age Gap 💼 Workplace Romance

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

by Ashley Herring Blake • 2022

To win a bet, a photographer seduces her stepsister's best friend and accidentally falls in love.

4.05

125k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏠 Return To Hometown 👩‍👧 Single Mom Romance

Delilah Green Doesn't Care 87%

To win a bet, a photographer seduces her stepsister's best friend and accidentally falls in love.

by Ashley Herring Blake 2022

4.05

125k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏠 Return To Hometown 👩‍👧 Single Mom Romance

Love and Other Thought Experiments

by Sophie Ward • 2020

An ant. A believer. A family, a death, and the universe that remembers them.

3.59

6k+

🌌 Philosophical Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 👶 Queer Parenthood

Love and Other Thought Experiments Summary

Love and Other Thought Experiments 87%

An ant. A believer. A family, a death, and the universe that remembers them.

by Sophie Ward 2020

3.59

6k+ ratings

🌌 Philosophical Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 👶 Queer Parenthood

Bringing Up Girls

by James C. Dobson • 2008

Culture tells her she's a body; Dad shows her she's a soul. Battle plan for the years that decide.

3.91

3k+

👧 Parenting Daughters ✝️ Christian Parenting 🌸 Biblical Womanhood

Bringing Up Girls 87%

Culture tells her she's a body; Dad shows her she's a soul. Battle plan for the years that decide.

by James C. Dobson 2008

3.91

3k+ ratings

👧 Parenting Daughters ✝️ Christian Parenting 🌸 Biblical Womanhood

A Perfect Fit

by Kellan McKnight • 2023

Newly out at thirty-five, Ella falls for a twenty-four-year-old bartender who never gets serious.

4.04

1k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🌸 Late Blooming Lesbian 🏠 Found Family

A Perfect Fit 87%

Newly out at thirty-five, Ella falls for a twenty-four-year-old bartender who never gets serious.

by Kellan McKnight 2023

4.04

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🌸 Late Blooming Lesbian 🏠 Found Family

The Good Enough Parent

by The School of Life • 2021

Perfect parenting produces fragile children. The real goal is being adequate and emotionally honest.

4.12

807

🧠 Philosophical Parenting 🧩 Parenting Imperfection 💡 Emotional Intelligence

The Good Enough Parent 87%

Perfect parenting produces fragile children. The real goal is being adequate and emotionally honest.

by The School of Life 2021

4.12

807 ratings

🧠 Philosophical Parenting 🧩 Parenting Imperfection 💡 Emotional Intelligence

Touched Out

by Amanda Montei • 2023

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

4.18

425

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work

Touched Out 87%

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

by Amanda Montei 2023

4.18

425 ratings

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

In the Dream House 87%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

Raising Girls

by Steve Biddulph • 2011

Your daughter's five stages: a map for building confidence and protecting her from a toxic culture.

3.93

2k+

🌸 Girlhood Development 🫂 Attachment Parenting 💔 Relational Aggression

Raising Girls 87%

Your daughter's five stages: a map for building confidence and protecting her from a toxic culture.

by Steve Biddulph 2011

3.93

2k+ ratings

🌸 Girlhood Development 🫂 Attachment Parenting 💔 Relational Aggression

How to Talk to Kids So Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk

by Adele Faber • 1980

The playbook that gets kids to listen without yelling, and opens them up without interrogation.

4.27

39k+

🤝 Respectful Parenting 🧠 Emotion Coaching 🌱 Positive Parenting

How to Talk to Kids So Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk Summary

How to Talk to Kids So Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk 87%

The playbook that gets kids to listen without yelling, and opens them up without interrogation.

by Adele Faber 1980

4.27

39k+ ratings

🤝 Respectful Parenting 🧠 Emotion Coaching 🌱 Positive Parenting

Cribsheet

by Emily Oster • 2019

An economist's findings on sleep, feeding, and daycare: what the data says about early parenthood.

4.13

45k+

📊 Data-Driven Parenting 👶 New Parents 🧒 Early Childhood

Cribsheet 87%

An economist's findings on sleep, feeding, and daycare: what the data says about early parenthood.

by Emily Oster 2019

4.13

45k+ ratings

📊 Data-Driven Parenting 👶 New Parents 🧒 Early Childhood

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo • 2019

Twelve Black British women, teenage to ninety-three, forge lives on their own terms.

4.26

268k+

🖤 Black British Fiction 🎭 Polyphonic Narrative 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters

Girl, Woman, Other 87%

Twelve Black British women, teenage to ninety-three, forge lives on their own terms.

by Bernardine Evaristo 2019

4.26

268k+ ratings

🖤 Black British Fiction 🎭 Polyphonic Narrative 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters

You Got Anything Stronger?

by Gabrielle Union • 2021

Perimenopause made Gabrielle Union want to die. Then her daughter taught her how to live.

4.11

12k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 👩🏾‍💼 Invisible Labor

You Got Anything Stronger? 87%

Perimenopause made Gabrielle Union want to die. Then her daughter taught her how to live.

by Gabrielle Union 2021

4.11

12k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 👩🏾‍💼 Invisible Labor

Simplicity Parenting

by Kim John Payne • 2009

Halve the toys, limit screens, build rhythms: the formula for a calmer, more creative child.

4.22

16k+

🐢 Slow Parenting 🏡 Minimalist Parenting 🧹 Decluttering

Simplicity Parenting 87%

Halve the toys, limit screens, build rhythms: the formula for a calmer, more creative child.

by Kim John Payne 2009

4.22

16k+ ratings

🐢 Slow Parenting 🏡 Minimalist Parenting 🧹 Decluttering

Between Parent and Child

by Haim G. Ginott • 1965

What to say instead of punishment: the classic that made respect a discipline tool.

4.34

3k+

🗣️ Parent-Child Dialogue 🫂 Empathetic Parenting 🧠 Emotion Coaching

Between Parent and Child 87%

What to say instead of punishment: the classic that made respect a discipline tool.

by Haim G. Ginott 1965

4.34

3k+ ratings

🗣️ Parent-Child Dialogue 🫂 Empathetic Parenting 🧠 Emotion Coaching

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

by Anne Lister • 1992

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

3.95

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women'S Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Summary

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 87%

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

by Anne Lister 1992

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women'S Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals

A Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby

by James J. McKenna • 2012

A researcher's safety checklist that makes sharing a bed with your baby safer than a crib.

4.00

🛏️ Infant Sleep 🛌 Safe Bedsharing 🤱 Attachment Parenting

A Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby Summary

A Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby 87%

A researcher's safety checklist that makes sharing a bed with your baby safer than a crib.

by James J. McKenna 2012

4.00

8 ratings

🛏️ Infant Sleep 🛌 Safe Bedsharing 🤱 Attachment Parenting

How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes

by Melinda Wenner Moyer • 2021

They notice race by three months. They learn kindness or cruelty from what you say and skip.

4.02

3k+

🧪 Evidence-Based Parenting 🧠 Child Development 💙 Emotional Intelligence

How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes Summary

How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes 87%

They notice race by three months. They learn kindness or cruelty from what you say and skip.

by Melinda Wenner Moyer 2021

4.02

3k+ ratings

🧪 Evidence-Based Parenting 🧠 Child Development 💙 Emotional Intelligence

Friday I'm in Love

by Camryn Garrett • 2023

A coming-out party was the plan; falling for a taken Irish girl was the complication.

3.81

2k+

🎀 Sapphic Ya 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 🇮🇪 New Girl Crush

Friday I'm in Love 87%

A coming-out party was the plan; falling for a taken Irish girl was the complication.

by Camryn Garrett 2023

3.81

2k+ ratings

🎀 Sapphic Ya 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 🇮🇪 New Girl Crush

Cooking as Fast as I Can

by Cat Cora • 2015

She became Iron Chef's first woman. The real story is everything she survived to get there.

3.55

717

🍳 Restaurant Kitchens 📺 Celebrity Chefs 💔 Childhood Trauma

Cooking as Fast as I Can 87%

She became Iron Chef's first woman. The real story is everything she survived to get there.

by Cat Cora 2015

3.55

717 ratings

🍳 Restaurant Kitchens 📺 Celebrity Chefs 💔 Childhood Trauma

Essential Labor

by Angela Garbes • 2022

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

3.79

3k+

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism

Essential Labor 87%

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

by Angela Garbes 2022

3.79

3k+ ratings

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism

The First Six Weeks

by Midwife Cath • 2016

The 10pm trick that slowly becomes a 7pm bedtime: a midwife's method for newborn sleep.

3.68

1k+

🍼 Newborn Care 😴 Baby Sleep Training 🔄 Routine Building

The First Six Weeks 87%

The 10pm trick that slowly becomes a 7pm bedtime: a midwife's method for newborn sleep.

by Midwife Cath 2016

3.68

1k+ ratings

🍼 Newborn Care 😴 Baby Sleep Training 🔄 Routine Building

The Pride Guide

by Jo Langford • 2018

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

4.06

121

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity

The Pride Guide 87%

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

by Jo Langford 2018

4.06

121 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity

The Baby Book

by William Sears • 1993

The pediatrician's guide to the first two years: responsive care that builds trust without spoiling.

4.17

8k+

🍼 Infant Care 👶 New Parents 💝 Responsive Parenting

The Baby Book 87%

The pediatrician's guide to the first two years: responsive care that builds trust without spoiling.

by William Sears 1993

4.17

8k+ ratings

🍼 Infant Care 👶 New Parents 💝 Responsive Parenting

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