I was very happy with how our Father’s Day went this year. Making the choice to talk to W this year in more detail about the different kind of parents and different kinds of families was the right one. It goes beyond “some families have two dads and some families have one mom” – it was also about how women are called Mothers and men are called Fathers.
Gender stuff is still really weird for him (for lack of a better word). I love that there is no clear divide right now. His closest friends are girls and he refers to them as “he” or “him”. As in, “he is going down the slide”.
But to get to the, “you are Bunny’s parent, you are Bunny’s Father” place eventually happened. We talked about love and care and why he I consider W to be a good parent. I loved seeing pride wash over W’s face within my praise. His ability to love and express love is something I admire and I wanted him to know that. Love is the foundation of greatness.
To celebrate W’s wonderful parenting Bunny gave W a new monster truck.
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I love this. I think you are doing the best job raising W.
Oh, gosh. I’m all tearsy.
Well done, you.
Awesome way to handle it all. I’ll be copying you in a couple of years as my fatherless son becomes more aware of it all.
Awesome job, Mama. Yes, these are teaching moments. Do you have The Family Book? It’s great in regards to different kinds of families. We have it, but Sunshine’s not really interested yet. (She mostly likes to point out the big blocks of PURPLE in the book.)
How are you feeling? Thinking of you, hon. xoxo
Aww. What you are teaching W is what I hope to teach my child(ren) whenever I finally become a parent.
Awww
That is very cute! I also love the picture you took of him going down the stairs with his bunny – precious!