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Your Q***r Parenting + Childcare Village 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
🫂 Childcare Network 🌱 Intergenerational Community ✨ Support 💕
🎨 By & For LGBTQIA2s+ Families & Caregivers in “PDX” 🌲🍉

08/29/2026

I wanted a simple start to this huge conversation of community care that I plan to dive deeper into and thought, what better way to start than with the basics about nanny shares? I’ve been the dedicated caregiver for quite a few very sweet “nanny shares” and it’s been an overall positive experience for all of us 👶🏼👶🏿👶🏻👶🏽👶🏾

Nanny shares, like any kind of childcare arrangement, come in many forms. Simply put, a nanny share is when two or more families join together with similar childcare needs and share one dedicated caregiver. It’s a collaborative, budget friendlier option that creates a little village for your little one while supporting local childcare workers 💕💞✨

Families “split” the caregivers wages (typically this is about 2/3 of their single family rate), so families can save ~33% while receiving specialized, private childcare in a small group environment. The arrangement can look like one family hosting at their home for all of the time, periodically swapping homes, completely synced schedules, rotating schedules, specific philosophies or teaching styles, school break care pods, and more. 🏠🌳☀️🌻

Drop a comment below if you have questions about nanny shares, or tell us what you think about it if you’ve had experience in a care share! 🚼📓

⭐️Families / Parents! 💌 Make sure you get on our membership launch email list (on our families page) to hear first when we release membership to our caregiver network. We are also going to have a dedicated online space for our families to connect and chat with each other to find families to establish or join existing care swaps with, and discuss all kinds of alternative and shared forms of care we can build in community! ❤️

08/24/2026

Hey friends! I wanted to bring back this lil throwback pic of me checking out the community room at the North Portland Library. This was at the very first craft and chat I hosted for care workers a little over a year ago, in the earliest days of my journey starting Family Friend! 🌱

🤩I am so excited to host you all here again on September 6th from 12:30-2:30pm. Bring a craft you’re working on or use some of our supplies, it’s a super relaxed and fun time to get a little creative and meet other folks who care for kids.

👥 WHO is invited to this event? If you feel like it’s maybe you - then YES, YOU! All levels of experience / care workers are welcome! Nannies, babysitters, daycare employees, early educators, doulas, and beyond. Whether you’re and creative or just want to chat and doodle. We are assembling all the people who support the q***r parenting village of Portland to collaborate and just hang out together. Drop in any time and just say hi, or stay throughout and craft to your hearts content.

❤️Though we love kiddos, this event is focused on the adults so we can have space to talk and connect with others in the same boat. Activities are centered around grown ups, but it’s at the library and all are welcome, so if you’ve got a kiddo who wants to come hang out and read some books, definitely still swing by and say hi!

If you have littles tagging along and you are looking for ways to get crafty with us - we have something super fun for you on OCTOBER 3rd 📅 you can grab a ticket for our upcoming collaboration with Jane Flanagan , hosted at Second Shapes Bookstore - check out the post on our page / Jane’s website for more info and tickets! 🎟️

Q***r Kin Collective will also be meeting up at this space for storytime THIS SATURDAY AUG 29th - 2-4pm 🌈📚 so families should definitely be sure to check that out!

So excited to spend some time in person being creative with y’all again soon 🎨💕✨

08/17/2026

Hey families! It’s been such a privilege talking with some of the most incredible caregivers in our community while building up this network and I’m so excited to be gearing up to launch this resource (and more) to y’all soon! Thanks to all who have been submitting info and sharing the post around to some incredible people.

If you or someone you know is a q***r parent and going to need childcare in the coming months (or further in the future), or you’re just looking to connect with other likeminded parents, join this list to be the first to hear about launch and all the exciting things coming along with it! ✨🌈🧸

08/10/2026

Hello fellow childcare providers 😎 time for another craft and chat! Let’s hang out and create with collage, paint, decoupage, or whatever other craft you’re working on that you’d like to bring along! ✨ no RSVP required - but don’t forget to put it in your calendar! 🗓️

Who knows, you might just leave with a new connection who actually gets it, who you can text during the long nap breaks, meetup with your nanny kids at the playground, or decompress with after a long week. Or maybe you’ll just make a silly little doodle or collage with our supplies and have a fun Sunday afternoon! 🧶📝🎨🖌️

Whether you’re coming to geek out over your latest craft obsession or just want to keep your hands busy making something while connecting with other childcare providers - you are welcome here 😊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Sunday Sept 6 - 12:30-2:30PM at North Portland Library Community Room 2A (upstairs, accessible by elevator) ❤️Multnomah County Library

08/09/2026

Hey there! Maybe you can tell from the consistently increasing amount of words per slide, I have a lot to say about values! ✨ When it comes to each of these issues, there’s so much more I’d like to elaborate on, but for now I really just wanted to put out a broader statement and inform anyone who’s new here or isn’t aware of where I stand. 🖤🦋🍉

While within our community LGBTQIA+ rights and threats to our families are often top of mind, ALL of these values and beliefs are intertwined and work together to shape who I am, and the core of what Family Friend represents.

Not only are these my personal values, but these are values I hope we share, as I intend to work on and talk about them directly with folks in this community. I’m also always open to evolving and learning from my community, peers, elders, and experts, so I’d be happy to discuss these and more with respectful folks who want to engage in healthy dialogue. 🌱🌿

Thanks for being here friends ❤️🌈✨

PS - if you need help accessing the text from these slides, kindly send me a DM and I will send you the plain text (since it’s too long to fit in the description) ⌨️👀

08/06/2026

So happy to shine a light on our awesome friend and amazing human Jane Flanagan of Q***r Kin Collective ! Check out our Q&A below ✨⭐️🤩

💫Q: What drew you to becoming a therapist? What’s at the heart of your work right now?

A: As with most everything I do, I knew I didn’t want to be a “traditional” therapist. My therapeutic presence is relational, creative, and body-led. My experience in working with young people and being an artist pairs well with my affinity for embodiment and tending to needs of the heart, so I combine all these in all my work. More recently, I’ve grown into a love for supporting fellow q***r parents and parents-to-be as a group facilitator, therapist, and community builder.

💫Q: For folks who don’t know - what is Q***r Kin Collective?

A: QKC is a free, monthly q***r family gathering in Portland for LGBTQIA+ parents to build connections with each other in person. I know people are needing accessible ways to build their village and I knew I could help support that by hosting easeful, fun, regular, volunteer-run gatherings that center parent connection while making sure kids of all ages are engaged as well.

💫Q: What is something you’re working on right now that you are proud of?

A: I am so delighted by my q***r + trans postpartum support circles, which I just started running this year. They have been such a sweet, intimate container for q***r birthing parents (and their babies) to navigate the swirly waters of early parenthood together in an affinity space. I knew there was a support gap here– I felt it in my own early parenthood– and this was a niche I was more than ready to tend. I can’t wait to keep them going (and one for pregnant people too!).

💫Q: How can folks from our community best support / get involved with your work?

A: Word of mouth is so invaluable, and how community web is sustained. One of my biggest joys in this work is connecting others with needed resources (especially q***r-centered), so sharing about my groups, QKC, or therapy to anyone you think could benefit would be amazing. If you’re interested in volunteering for QKC, I am always looking for some helping hands, donations, and collaborators!

07/31/2026

ATTN ✨ fellow caregivers and friends of the q***r parenting village! I’m super excited to launch our caregiver network interest form and start meeting some new folks who are such important members of the village here in Portland. Whether you’re looking for a new family to work with now or in the future, or just want to connect with other caregivers, join our network to stay in the loop 💫

While we prepare to launch this resource to families, I am personally SO excited for this chapter of getting to know more caregivers. It’s such a privilege to learn from many of you and your vast experiences working with families. As caregivers we get to know the cracks and missed connections in our neighborhoods by spending time with kids in community hubs (parks, libraries, gymnastics lessons), and can help families strengthen their care networks by connecting them with neighbors, info, resources, activities, ideas, and each other 🌱🌳 🌈

Please share this with your family’s favorite nanny / babysitter / caregiver and help us build a supportive net for q***r families establishing their care networks in our community 💕

07/13/2026

Hello friends! Sharing a quick summertime update on what’s goin on here at Family Friend lately 💕😊 DMs are open if you want to reach out with a recommendation, question, or want to get involved asap.

I’ll have some more info and announcements, a form for caregivers who want to join our network, a parent email waitlist, and more *all coming soon to email subscribers and followers (and local bulletin board and lamppost flyer enthusiasts)* ‼️

Thanks for being here! ❤️☀️🌈

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Dear Friends,

It’s a priority to create strong foundation for this village. A hallmark of that foundation is our growing network of nannies and childcare providers, and we’re honing in on that right now.

As a nanny myself, I am in community with some amazing childcare providers & folks who support families who inspire me daily. I am building out and organizing a trusted network so Family Friend can become a go-to childcare resource for families in our community.

To honor this focus, we are slowing down hosting clubhouse focused projects and gatherings for the time being. We’ll definitely still be in person & in community with you all through local partnerships, pop ups and more, very soon!

If you’re excited to get involved with and/or access our caregiver network, join our email list for updates, or feel free to reach out directly.

Warmly,
Bella

07/07/2026

Hi friends! I’m excited to shine a spotlight on some amazing resources in our local PDX and greater PNW community, all in support of the q***r parenting village! We are starting off strong with a super cool org called Lifewerq Project ❤️

Read our Q&A below to find out a little more about their work. Then share this with a friend who’s obsessed with trans reproductive justice and liberation for QTBIPOC communities 💌

✨For those who are new to your work, how would you describe the core of Lifewerq Project’s mission, and the community surrounding it?
“Lifewerq Project is a by and for reproductive and trans justice organization based in the Pacific Northwest that centers 2-Spirit, Transgender, and gender nonconforming (2STGNC) Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) in accessing affirming and culturally competent care. We offer trainings, gatherings, wellness circles, support groups and more, focusing on and expanding through birthwork, the perinatal experience and birthing ourselves through transition”.

✨What is one offering or project you’re working on right now that you are most proud of?
“We are most proud of our annual 6-day birthwork training retreat for 2STGNC BIPOC where participants from around the country gather to build care skills in supporting pregnancy, birth, postpartum, infant feeding, abortion, conception and fertility, miscarriage and loss, gender-affirming surgery recovery, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), medical advocacy, and more. We are also excited to be offering a support group for 2STGNC BIPOC parents this year!”

✨When is your next event or offering in Portland?
“Our next event in Portland is a Summer Family Day on Saturday, July 11th, 2-5pm at the Peninsula Park Gazebo with Finger Painting and Snacks provided. [RSVP link is featured in Family Friend bio] This event is open to all Trans & Q***r BIPOC families and community members”.

✨How can folks from the Family Friend community best support / get involved with Lifewerq Project ?
“Follow us on instagram Lifewerq Project and sign up for our newsletter at lifewerqproject .org. Donations can be made at the link [in Family Friend bio]

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