No-one commenting here has mentioned children, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen mention elsewhere of poly families with children. Does it work as an environment for bearing and bringing up children?
I have heard (secondhand) that when one has children, maintaining a single relationship with an adult becomes very difficult, and maintaining multiple impossible. But it also seems like some of the labor involved in parenting could be shared, and ‘communal parenting’ work out easier for everyone involved. (Or differences in parenting styles, already problematic with 2 different people, will explode when there are n different people.)
I am poly with a toddler. Polyness doesn’t seem to come into my parenting much beyond that there are more people who care more strongly about my child’s well being. (My co-parent and I provide all the care.)
No-one commenting here has mentioned children, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen mention elsewhere of poly families with children. Does it work as an environment for bearing and bringing up children?
I have heard (secondhand) that when one has children, maintaining a single relationship with an adult becomes very difficult, and maintaining multiple impossible. But it also seems like some of the labor involved in parenting could be shared, and ‘communal parenting’ work out easier for everyone involved. (Or differences in parenting styles, already problematic with 2 different people, will explode when there are n different people.)
I am poly with a toddler. Polyness doesn’t seem to come into my parenting much beyond that there are more people who care more strongly about my child’s well being. (My co-parent and I provide all the care.)