„I am solely responsible, must be healthy and functional“.
„Liebefelderin“ has two children as a solo mother
„I moved into a great housing project“
Stephi has a son as a solo mother
„There is a lot of potential for conflict in the adoption process“
Manuela and Paula have a son from a sperm donation
„Not enough said about the role of the sperm donor“
Arne is a sperm donor for a pair of women
„Letting go in infancy was difficult for me“.
Christine lives as a solo mother in a co-parenting relationship
Six years of co-parenting: Jennifer reports from the beginnings to today
My name is Jennifer, 41 years old and I have been co-parenting for almost 7 years. Our daughter is now turning 6 and was pretty much the best, bravest, craziest decision I’ve ever made. I separated from my partner at the age of 34 because he didn’t want to have children.
It bangs and it stinks…
…to me tremendously. First he was there, the new friend. Then he was gone again. We were many and suddenly we were just us again. Corona came and went no more and we sat in the kitchen. Together and lonely at the same time. From the window we saw the flutter tape stretched around the…
With the help of the roles provided by Familyship, family is rethought & reconceptualized
Dr. Lydia Ottlewski is an assistant professor at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in the field of „Consumer Culture Theory“ – consumer and market research from a cultural perspective. This interdisciplinary field of research is aimed at developing a better understanding of why consumers* act in a certain way and why consumer culture takes…
When people permanently and reliably take responsibility for each other, that is family.
Professor Christine Wimbauer conducts research in her department of sociology at the Humboldt University in Berlin on topics including couple relationships, work, love, family and social policy, and also gender inequalities. Her book, Co-Parenting and the Future of Love, is about post-romantic parenting. Familyship now had the opportunity to talk to her about the state…
It’s probably becoming more and more normal that there’s just everything.
Monika Osberghaus is the publisher of Klett Kinderbuchverlag. Only recently, the German translation of the children’s book „Rainbow Days“ was published there. An already award-winning book by a young Norwegian author.
I would like to see co-parenting become an option in the future
Gianni is the father of a daughter, lives in a co-parenting relationship and is openly gay. He is one of the editors of the book „Regenbogenväter“ (Rainbow Fathers), and also runs the Gay Daddy Stammtisch in Berlin.
Be proud and loud and love each other! Love makes family!
Madita is rainbow mom. What that means exactly, what such an everyday life looks like and which questions are relevant around it, she discusses in her own podcast „Gay Mom Talking“.
„Pee-Poo Sausage“
Since my daughter’s father has a new boyfriend, that’s nice for him. And I am happy with him. Of course. I like him. Of course, I’m a little envious. But yes, sure, I’m happy with him. That’s the way it should be and I really try hard. My being alone is not bad. Often enough…
Be sick
Being sick. Coughs, colds and hoarseness are annoying. However, when I find myself in the waiting area of an ambulance station, hanging my own white coat on the hook and holding my head between my hands, and I know that you can fix it, but that it’s significantly worse than a bladder infection, I continue…
The new boyfriend of my daughter’s father
Suddenly he is there, the new boyfriend of my daughter’s father. I had thought that would never happen anyway, the gentleman in my household, for all his dating, was ultimately incapable of relationship, no one would ever get involved with someone who lived on meat broth, pickles and mayonnaise. And then I realize that I…
The generation question
Some time ago I found myself on a talk show. This was a serious format on public German television, where things are basically quite personal. I came into a large hall. Rows of chairs dipped in blue shadowy light surrounded a centrally arranged sofa landscape in a circle. Beige and brightly lit, the cone of…