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parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
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parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
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parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
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parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
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parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
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parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
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parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
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parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
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parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
parenting and processing after infertility and babyloss
Things will change and there will come a time when two dads and two mums will make families. Where skin color mismatch wouldn’t matter and then such books will become the norm.
I think you’re right, but I also think this will take many years, and I don’t want to wait until then.
I don’t know what language you speak with SB but if you’re interested in English books, they have an amazing collection here: http://www.amightygirl.com/
And i would assume some of their titles are translated to other languages.
I like your conclusion and you’re right that children might not see quite the same things we do when they look at toys and books. But I think it’s important to seek more diverse toys also because it makes it clear to the companies that produce and sell them that it’s not ok to offer only all-white hetero-2-kids-and-a-dog families.
Thanks for the link, very interesting lists!
There’s an English book called Strictly No Elephants that has diverse children (and pets); it’s a cute book to boot. I haven’t read it, but have been seeing a book called Last Stop on Market Street and it just won the Newberry Award. Those are the two books that jump out at me with a diverse cast of people characters. We’re not at the age where we have people toys, but we don’t plan to limit access to dolls, play kitchens, sparkles, just because we have a boy!
Thanks, sounds great! I have heard about Last Stop on Market Street, but not read it yet.
And yes, play kitchens! We’ll certainly also have robots and dinosaurs and all sorts of animals (not just cute ones).
I have books I can recommend in English. Or do you want them in German?
German would be awesome, of course, but if you have some in English I’d still consider them. At this point SB isn’t reading anyway, so we can just tell a story around the pictures, it doesn’t matter if the text is different. And sooner or later she’ll be learning English anyway. Thanks :)