Ep. 40 - "Are The Kids Ok?" - Dr. Eli Sheff on Polyamorous Families & Parenting

Evolving Love

Dr. Eli Sheff is one of a handful of global academic experts on polyamory, and the foremost academic expert on children in polyamorous families. Specializing in diversity and underserved populations, Sheff is an expert witness, relationship consultant, public speaker, and author.

Her first book, The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families was released in 2014 and details Sheff’s findings from the first 15 years of the Polyamorous Families Study. Stories from the Polycule: Real Life in Polyamorous Families (2015), Sheff’s second book, is an edited collection of stories from people in polyamorous families. Sheff’s third book, When Someone you Love is Polyamorous: Understanding Poly People and Relationships, is a brief introduction to polyamory using empirical evidence to start a conversation.

Dr. Sheff has given scores of radio, podcast, print, and television interviews with sources from The New York Times, ABC News and CNN to The Atlantic, New York and Shape magazines.

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https://elisabethsheff.com/

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