Radical Parenting

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Let's face it, parenting is a difficult job, even if our species has had thousands of years to figure it out. Unfortunately, we live in societies filled with capitalist consumerism, coercive schooling, and religious nonsense that obscure the healthy ways to be a parent to children. It's also hard to be a parent when our society arranges things so that only the biological parents are supposed to take care of kids, with friends and family and neighbors being discouraged from playing an active role in parenting. Anarchists are working with other folks to create and implement better ways of parenting.

[edit] Anarchist Perspectives on Parenting

For a comprehensive list visit the Radical Parenting Reading List

Books

Breeder: Real-Life Stories from the New Generation of Mothers
Free Women of Spain by Martha Acklesburg - A fantastic resource for anyone interested in sustainable movements that have women and children at the forefront; details the work of the women of the Spanish Civil War.
Incredibly True Story of a Teenage Mom by Katherine Arnoldi - An autobiographical comic about a righteous teen mama
Hip Mama Survival Guide
The Mother Trip
The Future Generation: The Zine Book for Subculture Parents, Kids, Friends and Others by China Martens

Blogs

Essays and Texts

Groups

Anarchist Parenting List - A libertarian socialist dedicated to the sharing of practices and experiences which relate towards non-coercive parenting and child care in a society in which strong emphasis is placed on hierarchy and domination.
Anti-Capitalist Action community childcare
DAWG Direct Action Welfare Group
MAMA
Mama Unidas Distro- distributor of mama zines
RAMBL (Radical Anarchist Mom and Baby League) - RAMBL C/O ARISE! 2441 Lyndale Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55405; rambl@yahoogroups.com
Welfare Warriors- awesome welfare advocacy group

Magazines and Zines

Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: Anarcha-feminism and Supporting Mothers and Children]
Hip Mama
The East Village Inky
Mamaphiles
Rad Dad - Tom Moniz, 1636 Fairview St, Berkeley, CA 94703, tom_moniz(at)riseup.net
Joybringer - Joybringer c/o Rahula Janowski, 4104 24th St, PMB 669, San Francisco, CA 94114
Viva La Mama - for marginalized parents and people who have been radicalized by parenting; wildcraft(at)speakeasy.net
Red Diaper Baby - a zine to integrate radical activism and parenting; isismama1(at)yahoo.com
Baby Bloc - for activists "in a family way"; babybloc(at)yahoo.com
The Edgy-Catin Mama - about an unschooling family; Nina Packebush, 1102 Hiatt Ct., Sultan WA 98294
The Future Generation - put out by China, who also writes a parenting column for Slug and Lettuce
Mama Sez No War - a compilation zine of mothers' experiences protesting the current U.S. war on Iraq. Includes essays, poems and photos chronicling teaching children to think critically about the war to going to protests (big and small) to direct action against war marketing for kids. cradlecap00 at yahoo.com