We buy (and borrow from the good ole library) a lot of books concerning diversity even though BigBrother is still very young. It is our goal and wish to expose him to a wide range of cultural issues from a very young age as that’s just who we are as a family, both in heart and the way we are made up sa a family in general. But, I’m stumped.

Books about families often show families of the same race. As explaining our family make up will be an interesting chore in itself since it’s compounded by adoption and distance, if no books are showing that it’s okay, normal and, in fact, cool to have family members with different skin tone, how am I supposed to have further teaching tools to show him that it’s okay?

So, in this thinking aloud segment, I have concluded that not only are books needed for parented children whose parent(s) have placed a sibling (half or whole) and still maintain contact via open adoption (as in, a children’s book) but more books that feature families who don’t all look like freaking carbon copies of each other.

It’s a shame I can’t draw anything but stick figures. HA!