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How polyamorous families navigate explaining relationship choices to children

My teenage daughter is asking really direct questions about why I have two partners and while my husband and girlfriend and I have always been honest about our relationship structure, we're realizing we never figured out how to explain the deeper why of it in a way that feels authentic rather than defensive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Living authentically as a family means being able to articulate not just what you do but why it matters, especially when the world will ask your children to defend what you've chosen.

Worth thinking about

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