Ubiquitous unit

I've been visiting the children of the home every day this week, often reading stories or playing games. The ubiquity of the mother-father duo has been apparent to me for a long time, but its force is dawning on me more and more. On Wednesday, we decided to play a board games with some of the children. One of the younger boys picked up a card that requested 10 words beginning with the letter 'm'. He immediately began chanting "mama, mama, mama." Later that same day, I realized who the real heroes of the house are. Harry Potter and Mowgli are the most popular characters among both the pequeños and the grandes. The absence of parents in both stories is definitely valorizing for the children. But its sometimes hard to know how to navigate other tales-- "Jack and his father go to the zoo"-- where the family core is prominently featured.



Sunset above the kids' drying laundry.