My 8yr old daughter has 2 mothers. I’m NB and my wife is cis. Despite this, she often seems to fall into gender and heteronormative stereotypes.
E.g ask her to draw a family and she’ll draw a Mom, Dad and kids.
Yesterday there were 2 separate instances of gender stereotypes, one along the lines of ‘that color is not for boys/girls’ and ‘dude is for boys’.
I ended up saying to her, kiddo you have two Moms and one that looks like me, you don’t have to think like that and she was mind blown.
We live in a very blue state, her school is very inclusive but she still must be being bombarded with these stereotypes so much there that her entire lived experience is being overruled by what she is picking up at school or from TV.
Not sure if this is just a vent or a plead for advice from other parents. How can I help her to expand her thinking? She’s a big reader, maybe there’s some good books I can get her?