Parenting as Politics
Parenting as Politics
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Workshop Description:
A workshop focused around the theme of radical parenting! A DIY forum for discussion, self-education and analysis of a number of practical/political issues surrounding birth and children in the movement:
- vegan prenatal care (e.g. nutrition, exercise, holistic health)
- natural child birth (e.g. non-intervention, partner-assisted childbirth using midwives and doulas)
- the politics and ethics of receiving midwifery care
- finding a pediatrician (e.g. insurance versus no insurance, vacines, diet....)
- dynamics of partner relationships with pregnancy (e.g. sharing tasks, communication, sharing your experience with the community)
- DIY child prepping (e.g. building an 'urban nursery' in tiny quarters, cloth diapering, making expensive baby care things)
After a brief presentation, there will be a discussion surrounding issues of anti-authoritarian parenting, looking more broadly at issues of veganism, gender, child care, discipline, healthcare and more.