What does a family look like?

“‘What Does a Family Look Like’ is a volume about families from the award-winning series, ‘Your Buddie Boodles.’ Recipient of the Mom’s Choice Award, this series was created to help children everywhere lead happy, cherished lives. The motto of the series, spoken by Boodles the monkey, is: ‘I will wipe away your tears, chase away your fears and be there with good cheer!’ Children all benefit from unconditional love and friendship in endless supply. That is what good parenting conveys. Sometimes children have questions, observe differences, or are confused. ‘What Does a Family Look Like?’ helps children explore some of these questions by pointing out several different kinds of families. Every family is unique. ‘It is not always who you live with that is important, rather what you do together.’ Thus, some families have a daddy and a mommy and a child, all the same color, and some are different colored. Some have one adopted child and one natural child. Some have two mommies or two daddies, while some have a child and one or two grandparents, or parents, or even two separated parents who do not all live together. All share a foundation of kindness, sharing, and caring that makes them a strong, loving family. ‘What Does a Family Look Like?’ allows children to wonder about differences in outward appearances while stressing the single most important characteristic of a family: sharing love and support for each other. Boodles, the monkey is the child’s friend who dances through all the pages of the book with a message of unconditional love and friendship always present.