when I realized that this cute girl probably had a single mother and they didn't have a washer and dryer because the clothes were drying in the bathroom over the shower curtain and the rode bikes everywhere instead of a car and it got me thinking about the books we read. Lucy is lucky to be able to find herself in a lot of the books for kids because they feature two parents that have enough money for cute outings and probably have one parent who stays at home because of the dominance of domestic settings. But I don't want that to be all Lucy sees. And I don't want it to be obvious when it is a different situation - books purposefully created around the idea of displaying some "different" situation (divorce, gay parents, grandparents as caregivers). I really want Lucy to be aware but not hyper-concious that there are a lot of different situations and her peers' experiences will not always be her experiences. Recommendations please?! Books with subtle use of untraditional situations?
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I've read that book to her and didn't even notice those things! Lucy is beyond lucky to have you as a mom.
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