All About Parenting Partnerships

FamilyByDesign Founder, Darren Spedale was recently interviewed for Role/Reboot and really opened up about what parenting partnerships are and how he became such an expert in the subject area. As more and more people are learning about non-romantic co-parenting, conversations are being started and minds are being opened to the possibilities of a non-conventional way of starting a family. Parenting partnerships may not be for everyone, but it might just be a solution for a friend, relative or co-worker who is in a different place in their lives but still want to have the joys and responsibilities that come with being a parent.

An excerpt from the interview is below. To read the full interview, click here.

I was set up on a couple of co-parenting “dates” by some friends of mine who had single female friends who wanted to become parents, but not as single parents themselves. It was funny how much those first meetings were like regular dates—we met at a bar, had a drink, and started a conversation. They were wonderful women, but the personal chemistry between us wasn’t quite right—so I thought to myself, “I have to read the book on how these parenting partnerships are done!” And then, discovering there was no such book, I decided to write it myself, in conjunction with creating FamilyByDesign.com.