There’s no such thing as a cookie-cutter family. Here, we share tips to help raise children who accept families of all different makeups.
by Joanna Ho. The story stars a young Taiwanese girl who finds confidence in her uniqueness through exploring her culture with three generations of women in her household.Toddlers are curious creatures and tell it like it is. Parents, on the other hand, tend to shirk in embarrassment, often shushing kids’ questions . The “we’ll talk at home” response sends a message that something is wrong with the situation, Killen points out.
, LPC, an assistant clinic director at Thriveworks, who has a 10-month-old girl with her wife. “If I overheard this, I’d think it’s so nice that this family is accepting of us.”As a parent, you may feel the weight of teaching morality and acceptance; sometimes what is well-meaning comes across as a forced agenda, though. “It doesn’t have to be a lesson,” says Killen, who encourages parents to approach any talk of diversity through routine communication and open-ended questions.
, PhD, is a professor of human development and quantitative methodology at the University of Maryland. She earned her PhD in developmental psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985.
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