Lets have pride in our families...one and all! Happy Sunday! Sharon
Myth: The only acceptable home for a child contains a mother and father who are married to each other.
Fact: Our children are raised in families large and small. There are one-parent, two-parent, and grandparent headed families. There are stepfamilies, blended families, foster families, families of birth and families of intention. There are families with one child, families with ten children, families with no relatives and families bursting with extended family activity. Families are interracial, multiracial, intergenerational, gay and straight. The reality of today is that the traditional definition of the married, heterosexual couple with 1.5 children is only one of the many, many families that our children grow and thrive in. To say that it is the only acceptable home for our children insults all children's homes that do not look like this. We believe that the "acceptable" home for a child is one in which love, commitment, and support are freely given among its members...
Source: Golombok et al. 1983, Green, R., 1978, 1986. Excerpted from theFamily Pride Coalition. Reprinted with permission.
Lets have pride in our families...one and all! Happy Sunday! Sharon
Myth: The only acceptable home for a child contains a mother and father who are married to each other.
Fact: Our children are raised in families large and small. There are one-parent, two-parent, and grandparent headed families. There are stepfamilies, blended families, foster families, families of birth and families of intention. There are families with one child, families with ten children, families with no relatives and families bursting with extended family activity. Families are interracial, multiracial, intergenerational, gay and straight. The reality of today is that the traditional definition of the married, heterosexual couple with 1.5 children is only one of the many, many families that our children grow and thrive in. To say that it is the only acceptable home for our children insults all children's homes that do not look like this. We believe that the "acceptable" home for a child is one in which love, commitment, and support are freely given among its members...
Source: Golombok et al. 1983, Green, R., 1978, 1986.
Excerpted from theFamily Pride Coalition.
Reprinted with permission.
Sharon
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