Poly Parenting Picnic

Poly Parenting Picnic – Northeast LA

Building the village, one playground at a time.

This picnic is for non-monogamous folks exploring alternative parenting and non-traditional family structures—or anyone dreaming of building a proverbial village with like-minded people. Parents, prospective parents, kids, and the many kinds of people in your life are all welcome: paramours, metamours, friends, frenemies, crushes, exes… even leashed dogs.

Who is this for?

“Alternative parenting” is a broad umbrella. Here are just a few examples of people who might find this space nourishing:

1. Communal Living Parents: You're interested in co-living with other families or forming an intentional community.
2. Poly Parents: You're romantically involved with one or more parents and are co-parenting or building bonds with their kids.
3. Platonic Parents: You're parenting (or planning to) with someone you’re not romantically involved with—or you've shifted a romantic relationship into a co-parenting one.
4. Alternative Pathways to Parenting: You’re considering or navigating adoption, fostering, IVF, sperm/egg donation, or other non-traditional fertility paths.
5. Curious & Questioning: You're exploring family structures beyond the nuclear norm—even if you’re not sure where you land yet.

If you resonate with any of this (or think you might), you’re welcome.

Logistics:

Arroyo Park

614 Stoney Dr.

South Pasadena, Ca 91030

We plan on setting up between the gazebos and playground.

1. Playground: Yes, we’ve got one.
2. Restrooms: Near the playground.
3. Parking: Lot near the baseball field + street parking nearby.
4. Shade: Decent (for LA), but bring sunscreen, hats, or umbrellas if you're sun-sensitive.

The vibe:

1. Start/end times are fuzzy—because children.
2. Ignoring each other is totally fine—because children.
3. Leaving without saying goodbye is also fine—because children.

This event was lovingly inspired (with permission) by the Poly Alt Parenting crew in the Bay Area.