I did not understand her comment and I asked her to explain her statement. She immediately pointed out that today's family does not conform to our old traditional families. There are children that have only one parent. Some live with their grandparents. Some of my friends, she said, live with a parent and a step parent.
Some children have deceased parents and some children live with parents of the same sex.
I immediately realized how perceptive our young children can be. They are very aware that we cannot generalize the concept of the family in the 1990's. Since the background of each family differs, we cannot make comparisons. Each family needs to determine which guidelines work in their specific situation. Even companies are trying to encourage its employees to be better parents.