Janmohamed – support to same-sex families

The one area that comes to mind is, in terms of the demographic shift, that I think it’s important for those of us in Early Childhood to understand is that after the Pediatrician’s visit, often Early Childhood Education programs are the next place that parents come into, and it’s really important for us to be attuned to the fact that we can play a really significant role in supporting the family unit, particularly around the families that do identify as queer, or same-sex, because often those families may not have the support or the backing of their own biological families, and so the extended Early Childhood community can often provide the kinds of supports that, in a normal situation, quote unquote, extended families support.