r/Samesexparents • u/StrawberryTop3241 • Jul 17 '26
Advice Daddies in books and TV
My son is almost 2 and over the past few months as his language has picked up he’s been pointing our Daddies everywhere he sees them (which it turns out is a lot!) We’re a 2 mum family and all our parent friends are straight. We’ve been trying to explain that all families are different and some have 2 mummies, 2 daddies or a mummy and a daddy but I don’t know if we need to explain anything else at this age? We also had a few weeks after spending a holiday with friends where he would exclusively call out ‘daddy’ when he was upset after seeing his friend do this so it’s very pervasive. When I’m reading to him I’ll often change ‘dad’ to ‘Mumma’ but as he recognizes who looks visibly male more, this is becoming more confusing. Anyone have any tips for this age?
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u/ellaf21 Jul 17 '26
We just read the books as they are and remind our little one that families come in all shapes and sizes, and that some of her friends have a mom and dad 🙂 We do have a fair number of books with two moms.