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Holiday Reading for Children in LGBT Families

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The holidays are a great time to catch up on reading with your children. While there is no lack of storybooks and literature available for young children as a whole, there are some challenges that are unique to the LGBT community when it comes to sourcing wholesome reading material for children in the family. If you’ve experienced a lack of children’s books that deal sensitively with the subject without creating stereotypes and value judgments, you are not alone. Our site, MyFamilyProducts.com, was created to generate more awareness around this situation as well as to support the creation of storybooks that...

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The Effects of Children’s Literature on Your Child’s Morals

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Children are often drawn to picture books with the colorful covers or funny characters, but can the words on the interior pages help shape kids into the person they will ultimately become? Many would respond with an overwhelming “yes”! Parents and teachers alike oftentimes turn to fictional children’s literature to teach their child a lesson, whether it be how to use the potty or the nitty gritty details of puberty. Professionals would call this bibliotherapy, a term coined by Samuel Crothers in 1916 but a concept that dates back to Ancient Egypt. Bibliotherapy is a form of therapy that uses reading...

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Keesha’s South African Adventure—a preschool teacher’s review and experience with students

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Here at My Family! we're thrilled every time someone leaves us a review online or tells their friends about us. But every now and then we get feedback that is so incredible that it blows our minds. The detailed review below is an example of one of those instances. In it, an NY pre-school teacher shares her experience with our latest release Keesha's South African Adventure and what it meant when she used it as a part of her curriculum. All we can say is thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU for sharing this with us!     Keesha’s South African Adventure by...

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10 Ways to Inspire Children to Read More

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We all know the importance of encouraging our children to focus more on book-time and less on screen-time, but this becomes an increasingly harder task as our age of technology progresses. Sometimes letting the tablet do all the entertaining just seems easier. But remember all of those Dr. Seuss books that helped shape your childhood? They existed so successfully for a reason. Reading is important for children, regardless of what era you find yours growing up in. It stimulates their imagination and helps them grow into people who respect and understand the world around us. It also helps them develop...

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GIVEAWAY: Family Pride Match Game!

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No purchase necessary and just in time for Pride Season! Here’s your chance to win a one of a kind game that highlights the beautiful diversity in ALL families! Five winners will be chosen at random on June 5, 2017. CLICK HERE TO ENTER TODAY - IT'S FREE AND EASY!!! About the Family Pride Match Game: Educational Kids Memory Game – Perfect for Brain Development – Excellent Teaching Tool! Great for Children or Seniors! Features LGBT Families and More – Lots of Diversity (Two Moms, Two Dads, Mom & Dad, etc)! Sharpens Recognition and Memory skills – Fun to Play! 33 Pairs...

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The Age of Parenting Equality is Still Not Today

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In New York in 2014, two moms did exactly what many other same sex parents had done for years: they applied for a second parent adoption. But when Judge Margarita Torres refused to grant the second parent adoption—arguing that marriage equality rendered it unnecessary since both spouses were clearly parents—the women were baffled. Some advocates for parenting and marriage equality agreed with the judge and cheered the decision while others worried that it wasn’t so clear cut. What if the women eventually moved to another state that didn’t recognize their union? After all, this was before federal marriage equality. The...

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Video: Cheril and Monica discuss some of the challenges they faced when starting My Family! (LGBT children’s books, games and more)

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Below is another short video that gives more insight into the building of this company. We are really grateful for how far we've come and thankful for all who continue to support the vision of the company for the LGBT community and its allies. We have so many more exciting things coming over the next year! The main topics covered in this video are: Trying to survive while being underfunded Lack of (initial) support from the very community we were trying to serve More info about our two new products: Family Pride Match Game and Keesha's South African Adventure Stay tuned for...

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