Woke Parenting
Raising Intersectional Feminist, Empathic, Engaged, and Generally Non-Shitty Kids While Still Having a Life
2021 Faith G Harper and Bonnie Scott
This edition Microcosm Publishing 2021
eBook ISBN 9781648410079
This is Microcosm #443
Edited by Lydia Rogue
Designed by Joe Biel
Cover by Lindsey Cleworth
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Contents
Introduction
Raising Woke Kids
How to Navigate Woke Parenting When You Werent Raised Woke
Create a Safe Home for Feelings of All Kinds
Help Kids Find a Coping Skill and Dont Take it Away
Dont Have Power Struggles
Keep Your End Goals in Mind
Boundaries All Over the Fucking Place
Praise the Behaviors You Want to See More Of
Let Them Voice Their Opinion, Even if They Dont Get a Vote
Let Your Kids into Your Public Living Space
Clear Communication
Love Languages
Therapeutic Manipulation Techniques
Work to See Your Kids the Way Other People Do
Validate the Choices Your Kids Make and Help Them Learn from Mistakes
Give Feedback like a Pro
Create a Family Team
Choose a Family Motto, Guide Word, or Value
Conclusion
Navigating Who We Are and Intersectional Issues of Social Justice
Race
Gender
Sexuality
Religion and Spirituality
Legal System
Politics
Money Stuff
Capitalism and Class
Environmental Stuff
Physical Ability and Accessibility
Mental Health
Building Your Community
When Differences Matter and When They Dont
Practice of Cultural Traditions
Understanding Family Cultures and Differences
Developing Skills for Grown-Person Humaning (You Know, Adulting)
Day-to-Day Life
How to Write a Resume/Do a Job Interview
Proper Handshake and Eye Contact Guidelines
Write Thank-You Cards
How to Use Public Transportation
Change a Tire
How to Pack for a Trip
How to Clean a Dwelling
How to Cook Five Different, Inexpensive Meals from Scratch
How to Stock a Pantry with Staples and Grocery Shop like a Pro
How to Use a Library
Managing Health
Sex and Consent
The Internet
Becoming a Woke Parent
Respect the Identities of Others
How to Listen to Understand Instead of Respond
Bullies Come in Many Forms
How to Be Patient
Take Care of Yourself
Calm Your Tits
Parenting While Managing Your Own Mental Health Issues
Using Current events and Pop Culture as an Opening
How to Raise Your Kid When Youre Inside/Outside the Dominant Paradigm
Co-Parenting Wokely
Navigating Non-Woke Parental Figures
Navigating Parenting Kids That Arent Yours
Learning from Your Kids
Its Never too Late
Conclusion
Resources: Media Consumption for the Woke Parent and Child
introduction
Raising
woke kids
Navigating who we are and intersectional issues of social justice
Developing skills for grown-person humaning (You know, Adulting)
becoming a woke parent
conclusion
Resources: Media Consumption for the woke parent and chilD
About the authors
(*) All asterisk people are people that Faith knows either slightly through social media or is an irl friend of hers.
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The Autism Relationships Handbook (with Joe Biel)
Coping Skills
How to Be Accountable (with Joe Biel)
This Is Your Brain on Depression
Unfuck Your Adulting
Unfuck Your Anger
Unfuck Your Anxiety
Unfuck Your Blow Jobs
Unfuck Your Body
Unfuck Your Boundaries
Unfuck Your Brain
Unfuck Your Cunnilingus
Unfuck Your Grief
Unfuck Your Friendships
Unfuck Your Intimacy
Unfuck Your Worth
Unfuck Your Writing (with Joe Biel)
Woke Parenting (with Bonnie Scott)
Workbooks
Achieve Your Goals
The Autism Relationships Workbook (with Joe Biel)
How to Be Accountable Workbook (with Joe Biel)
Unfuck Your Anger Workbook
Unfuck Your Anxiety Workbook
Unfuck Your Body Workbook
Unfuck Your Boundaries Workbook
Unfuck Your Intimacy Workbook
Unfuck Your Worth Workbook
Unfuck Your Year
Other
Boundaries Conversation Deck
How Do You Feel Today? (poster)
Zines
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The Autism Partner Handbook (with Joe Biel)
BDSM FAQ
Dating
Defriending
Detox Your Masculinity (with Aaron Sapp)
Emotional Freedom Technique
The Five Emotional Hungers
Getting Over It
How to Find a Therapist
How to Say No
Indigenous Noms
Relationshipping
The Revolution Wont Forget the Holidays
Self-Compassion
Sex Tools
Sexing Yourself
STI FAQ (with Aaron Sapp)
Surviving
This Is Your Brain on Addiction
This Is Your Brain on Grief
This Is Your Brain on PTSD
Unfuck Your Consent
Unfuck Your Forgiveness
Unfuck Your Mental Health Paradigm
Unfuck Your Sleep
Unfuck Your Stress
Unfuck Your Work
Vision Boarding
Woke Parenting #1-6 (with Bonnie Scott)
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