Androgynous Parents Tell Who They Are and What They Need

Who shall rear children? This may be crucial question young parents today are asking. In past question rarely came up; now, however, subject is open and cause for legitimate debate. For an apparently increasing number of parents, answer is, in effect, We both shall rear children! From birth on, these androgynous parents have set out to share the joys and sorrows of parenthood. In this paper, I would like to give reader some idea of who these parents are, and to outline their needs as they have reported them in our survey of their family patterns. The parents have described educational and counseling services, and social and political reforms which would be helpful to them in their quest for a viable alternative family form.