I'm going to give this request one more go because I have a real need to provide good advice to a couple who are really struggling.
They are two women who are raising a 5 year old boy and an 8 year old girl. The mother is deceased and the father is, I believe, 'away.'
The little boy is confused and angry about comments other kids make about having no dad, a dad who might be in prison, and being adopted by two women.
The women are the very best parents you could imagine, but they are at a loss for how to give their little guy tools for understanding and addressing comments.
Do any of the excellent parents or kid lit specialists have suggestions for books in the kids' age range?
google has given me "All About Me" and "Adoption Stories for Young Children" but I would so appreciate personal recommendations...or even a respected resource like an agency reading list or some such.
Sorry, bonny, but that's such a specific and difficult set of circumstances I can't think of anything that would be particularly helpful.
I will note that the movie
Lilo and Stitch
does address: losing parents, anger, acting out and inappropriate behavior, unconventional "chosen" families etc.
Lilo and Stich is a great idea. I'll mention it.
I don't expect any one, or even a few, books to cover all the issues. Adoption. Anger. Same sex parents. Dealing with inappropriate question. That's a lot to cover. A mini library would be apt, I'd say.
I just asked a colleague what books were helpful for her kids (she co-parents with her wife). She said Molly's Family was great.
I don't know when or why my City Council member got my email address, but he is so far up my ass! Now he wants to be Facebook friends!
Tickets for xmas booked. Now to just get my shopping done. Must go buy shirts at Squidfire.
After 8 hours in the car driving home, we got home and I got us a quick dinner: frozen pizza, frozen corn and applesauce.
I am officially a Lunch Lady, sans hairnet.
bonny, surfing from javachik's link, this one seems to be fairly appropriate, too. Lots of good reviews by parents of toddlers, with a few objections--which I always figure denotes something's working right.
