'I am teaching my child that, while our family may not look like the others he sees most commonly, we are special because we are different.'
"I am teaching my child that, while our family may not look like the others he sees most commonly, we are special because we are different.""I want my child to be proud of who he is, where he came from, and his position to help push the world in the right direction."
There were Mommy and Daddy shark, Mommy and Daddy characters on his favorite shows, Mommy and Daddy-headed families in the majority of his books and songs and movies, and so on, to infinity of heteronormativity. Sure, we have same-sex family books and friends and try to balance all the hetero and binary references with more inclusive terminology and media, but it would be an impossible and potentially counterproductive task to try to shield him from the majority entirely.
I know my child comprehends that his two-mom family is more the exception than the rule. He is observant and intelligent and sees the world around him. I know that one day, he will face opposition, possible teasing or bullying because he has two moms. I want him to be proud of who he is, where he came from, and his position to help push the world in the right direction.We have a set of toy mirrors. On one side, there’s a word that depicts an emotion ― angry, sad, happy, excited ― and on the other, there’s a regular old mirror. We practice making faces that match the emotions on the flip side of the mirror. My child scrunches up his little face in a grimace to emulate “sad,” and grins widely when I prompt him to do “happy.
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