A Tale of Two Daddies by Vanita Oelschlager

May 21

Plot Summary: A Tale of Two Daddies is a playground conversation between two children. The boy says he heard that the girl has two dads. The girl says that is right. She has Daddy and Poppa. True to a child’s curiosity, practical questions follow. “Which dad helps when your team needs a coach? / Which dad cooks you eggs and toast?” To which she answers: “Daddy is my soccer coach. / Poppa cooks me eggs and toast.”
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wFvLoqdqYc
This is a girl with two dads and a boy with a bunch of gendered questions about which dad does what. Though the book has no explicit assignment of gender roles, the prolonged questions about for example, tree house builder vs skinned knee caretaker, made me slightly uncomfortable because of the implication that one of the dads has to take on a mom role.

Paul Bouchey

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