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Image zoom Find children’s media featuring every kind of family. It's easy to normalize nontraditional families through picture books and TV shows "so that when your kids do come across different kinds of families in real life, it's not weird at all," says Kiaundra Jackson, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles. She suggests the book My Family, Your Family, by Lisa Bullard, about a little girl named Makayla who goes through the neighborhood looking for something great about the variety of families she encounters. Or try the film Despicable Me, a goofy...

Image zoom | Credit: Victoria Kovios The way we approach parenting now feels instinctual, even natural. We divide tasks by what feels important to us in the moment, not based on society’s expectations of moms and dads. Some days Catherine does school and preps meals. Some days it’s me. The parenting roles are really free in this situation. Catherine is just as likely to take the girls on a hike or to stack firewood as she is to gently press and lay out an Easter dress. I take pride in b...