Until Will started school, he only knew about traditional families. Which, when I think about it, is pretty amazing. But all his relatives have been in steady relationships since he's been alive. No divorces or breakups. No separations.
Once he started riding the bus, we began to associate more with the other families of like-age children in our area.
Ethan, who is in Will's class room, lives with his mom and step-father. He spends every other weekend with his dad.
Gabriel lives with his mom, and sees his dad some evenings and every other weekend.
And the other two families are traditional.
I never really thought about how this might impact Will or his thinking until a few weeks ago. We were outside laying in the hammock watching baby squirrels play in a near-by tree. There was only one adult squirrel visible and Will decided it was the "mommy". When I asked him why it couldn't be the daddy, his response was...
"Because, it's not the daddy's weekend."
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