‘Give them pink, blue, and all colours of the rainbow’ Being an LGBT-inclusive parent
that when people think of parenting in this [new] way, it’s about limitations and saying you can’t give your children things such as pink or blue,’ they explain.‘As a parent myself, I am loath to say what to do or not to do, but personally I think it’s about giving them all the possibilities, not reducing them.
So give them pink and blue – and all the other colours of the rainbow, too.’ To do this they show their daughter stories and books which provide, for instance, a range of different pronouns, families which have two mums or dads, and a people from a variety of different racial and religious backgrounds.‘One really important thing is that we found this really wonderful nursery, which introduces all different experiences to the children.
