[Yvette]

Hello everyone. I just needed to get this off my chest. I just did some sensitivity training as it were, for my 5 year old daughter's day care teacher and director. I am a single mom. My daughter came home three years ago. With Sunday being Father's Day, that is all they talk about at school. I know this because my daughter has mentined it several times while sounding sad or confused. I have taught my daughter that there are all kinds of families. Our family has a mother and a daughter. She is internalizing this. I want her to be accepting and proud of her family. But the day care needs to be sensitive to the fact that not all children live in a two-parent family. And there are many children who are in divorced or blended families as well. They seemed quite surprised by my reaction to all of their activities but admitted that they should show more sensitivity. I know I have only just begun to advocate for my child, but people give me a break. This is 2004 and you can't assume anything about a family or their lifestyle.