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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand -- do you think someone at the daycare is telling her that there can be only mommies and daddies? [b] Honestly, our culture is so heterosexual, that she is getting the mommy/daddy message everywhere she looks,[/b] I doubt it is coming from the daycare, unless you have some reason to believe so.

Do you have books at home with gay parents?  Is she socializing with other 2 mommy or 2 daddy families?  Do you point out other ways in which families are different (single mom, single dad, divorced w/ 2 moms and a dad, etc.) 
 
I haven't had the exact same problem, since I'm straight, but I did see my young daughter imitating very traditional gender roles, which I had been trying to avoid in our house.  My feminist message definitely didn't match what she was exposed to once she was in preK, K and up.

But, don't worry, you have more influence than the culture in the end.... she will come to understand the variety in family if you keep presenting it and talking about it.  [/quote]

This.[/quote]

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