
Don't fall into the nuclear family 'parent trap': What kids need most is love
CNN
Allison Hope writes we're too preoccupied with a traditional nuclear family. And that we ignore what's really important -- that a child is loved and feels secure. And that can look different ways.
What doesn't matter is the gender of the parent -- or how many there are, for that matter. "Some children have two mothers. Some children bunk with their cousins. So no matter whether you have a ma, a pa, a hog or this llama. ... If you love each other then you are a family," reads Suzanne Lang's fun children's book, "All Kinds of Families."
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