Category Archives: Blog 2

Who Counts as a Parent in a Polyamorous Family?

In my new blog on Psychology Today I examine who children in poly families see as parents, how they decide, and what the kids call their parental figures.   https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201601/who-counts-mom-and-dad?#_=_

Resilience in Polyamorous Families

  Family resilience is important for ongoing connections, and in the third blog in a series on resilience in polyamorous families I explore how polys maintain resilience through graceful endings and extended connections among adults, and how those skills could be useful for divorced people in monogamous relationships. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201512/graceful-endings-and-expanded-connections-resilience-part-3

Open relationships post on How Do I Date

I am blogging for How Do I Date and I love the comic they chose for this new blog on how to be open about being in an open relationship. Check it out at http://howdoidate.com/relationships/how-to-open-up-about-being-in-an-open-relationship/

How Do I Date Expert Column

The website How Do I Date has invited me to blog for them as well. You can check out my profile at http://howdoidate.com/team/elisabeth-a-sheff-ph-d/ They have lots of great experts giving a wide range of advice, so check out How Do I Date today.

White Fragility and the Benefits of Being Uncomfortable About Racism

The reality of racism shatters the comfortable (for white people) myth that the US today is a colorblind society which gives everyone an equal chance at everything. When that cherished myth of colorblindness is disturbed by evidence that racism is not only real but pervasive, many white folks get uncomfortable talking about racial inequality. IContinue reading “White Fragility and the Benefits of Being Uncomfortable About Racism”