The Transformative Power of Feminist Parenting Practices in Saving Lives

This study explores the practices of feminist parenting and looks at practices that feminist

parents use to raise children outside of patriarchal parenting designs that enable and perpetuate

sexism, gender and sexual binaries, ageism, heterosexism, and performance of societal norms.

My research is being guided by two related questions. (1) What are the current practices that

feminist parents are utilizing to raise critically engaged, socially conscious children? (2) Why

they choose to be or why they feel it is important to be a feminist parent? I am imploring a

qualitative design, specifically guided by feminist narrative research to engage in face to face

interviews with self-identified, feminist parents to capture both questions. The benefits of this

research are to build the literature around feminist parenting, and continue the important

conversation of raising critically conscious children. This project explores the actual practices of

how parents are engaging in feminist parenting in successful ways. The hopeful outcomes for

this study is to add to the research surrounding feminist parenting and to illuminate the strengths

of parenting in a feminist informed way.