Customer Reviews

Who's in a Family?

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I am constantly on the lookout for books that reflect and celebrate our family's makeup (and ALL sorts of families!); I just looked at the book on line and would definitely not buy it. Like another customer who's a single white mother with a biracial child, I don't see anything like my family represented here. Here, everyone in each of the families always looks the same. Even in the same-sex-parents families, the children look like their parents. In our family, our children look nothing like either of us. We are white, they are both biracial. Also, it shocks me that this book follows the story of one white child in a white nuclear family, so that he is set up as the norm, and all the other families are just that, "Other" -- "Different."

I am a single mother in an area where this is not the norm. This book was wonderful in showing many different types of families to my three year old son. He really enjoyed the book and was especially excited to see photos of his own family in the back of the book. I put the pictures in before we read it and he felt so confident about his own family configuration afterwards. Family has been a very important topic lately as his friends have been asking why my son's family is different. The book is simple and to the point and allows for any additional comments a person might want to add. Thank you to Robert Skutch for writing such a needed book that helps instill family confidence.

We searched for months for a book for our son that showed ALL types of families. This one hit the mark. While the illustrations may not be museum quality, the message is clear and understated. We have used this in our Sunday School class and based a Sunday service on the idea that "Families Valued" are not all plain vanilla. An excellent book to validate YOUR family's configuration.