Just Parenting: Building the World One Family at a Time

by Julie Greenberg

When Julie Greenberg was in her mid-twenties, studying to be a rabbi and living in a feminist world of non-traditional relationships, she wondered how she would create a family. As a single woman engaged in passionate activism, Greenberg had always planned to be a mother. This book tells the story of her journey into spirited motherhood, and of how she parented her five children within a web of relationships that included donor dads, a gay male parenting partner, birth parents, multiracial children, women lovers and former lovers in addition to her strong and loving family of origin. Rooted within the inspiring personal story of the Greenberg family, Just Parenting also draws on Greenberg s years of experience as a rabbi, family therapist and maker of social change, offering guidance from the mainstream and from the margins.

243 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2014

Reviews

[Adina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book, written by someone from my community, who I have known for years, it was interesting to learn how her values informed her parenting.