Why I’m raising my child outside of gender assumptions and stereotypes; Parents need to stop worrying and start embracing kids’ interest in YouTube gamers; Instead of denying our own sadness to our kids, we should teach them how to cope; I’m a housewife, and that’s why I’m raising my daughters to be feminists;     Losing a speck of a child, surviving a tiny tragedy I had I lost a speck of a child in this vast wonderland. By Janine Zeitlin  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Why I’m raising my child outside of gender assumptions and stereotypes I chose not to reveal Jessey’s sex on his birth announcements because I wanted to share my excitement in welcoming this new baby into the world, not as a baby whose sex would be synonymous with girl or boy but as a baby who had yet to be named. By Katy Chatel  •  Read more »   Parents need to stop worrying and start embracing kids’ interest in YouTube gamers Substitute your child’s obsession with whatever the activity addiction was in the 1980s. Music? Comic books? MTV? Watching terrible 1960s sitcom repeats? It’s fodder, like anything else, for kids to discuss at lunch and at the bus stop. By Sheryl Stein  •  Read more »   Instead of denying our own sadness to our kids, we should teach them how to cope When we understand that we are not defined by an emotion, that it is simply the way we feel right now, we can overcome it. By Smita Malhotra  •  Read more »   I’m a housewife, and that’s why I’m raising my daughters to be feminists If I'd had my own career, I would have had some leverage upon our decisions, I would have borne fiscal value, confidence. But I didn't, and I don't. By Anthea Rowan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   News as it breaks Get immediate email when major national or political news breaks. You can also sign up for email alerts on: World News, Economy/Business, Technology, Health/Science/Environment, Entertainment or Sports at washingtonpost.com/newsletters. Sign Up »         Share On Parenting:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for On Parenting or a related newsletter. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071