http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/12/06/we-are-family/ I'm the scofflaw in your mother'hood Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:30:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/12/06/we-are-family/#comment-1791 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:09:13 +0000 http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/12/06/we-are-family/#comment-1791 While I do agree with you that many children's books do depict the "traditional" nuclear family, it wasn't until I had a child of my own that I realized that most Disney movies and cartoons show children with only one parent. Go back and remember all of the Disney movies you've seen, even those that I could think of with two parents had a non-traditional family structure for a good portion of the movie: Sleeping Beauty was removed from her parents and raised by three women; Simba of the Lion King ran away from his parents and was raised by two male characters; Mowgli of the Jungle Book was orphaned and raised by an adopted family. I have to give Disney a hand in showing alternate families in a relatively decent light. While I do agree with you that many children’s books do depict the “traditional” nuclear family, it wasn’t until I had a child of my own that I realized that most Disney movies and cartoons show children with only one parent. Go back and remember all of the Disney movies you’ve seen, even those that I could think of with two parents had a non-traditional family structure for a good portion of the movie: Sleeping Beauty was removed from her parents and raised by three women; Simba of the Lion King ran away from his parents and was raised by two male characters; Mowgli of the Jungle Book was orphaned and raised by an adopted family. I have to give Disney a hand in showing alternate families in a relatively decent light.

]]> http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/12/06/we-are-family/#comment-1637 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:07:18 +0000 http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/12/06/we-are-family/#comment-1637 Sadly my son makes me be the baby, my daughter the mommy and he's the daddy, "be I'm not sick". His father's illness has had such an impact on his young life. He still can't grasp our new, unconventional family without his father present. Sadly my son makes me be the baby, my daughter the mommy and he’s the daddy, “be I’m not sick”. His father’s illness has had such an impact on his young life. He still can’t grasp our new, unconventional family without his father present.

]]> http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/12/06/we-are-family/#comment-1613 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:37:42 +0000 http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/12/06/we-are-family/#comment-1613 awwww dats so cute. awwww dats so cute.

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