The documentary on CBC, Thoroughly Modern Marriage, opened my eyes up to the different types of families and marriages that I had previously not been exposed to. It made me more open to learning and discovering the marriages that work for other people. Even though I personally want to be married into the more modern wife and husband, kids after, and no extramarital sex type of relationship, I need to be more open to the ideas of other types of families I will be in contact with in my teaching career.
When in the classroom I have to understand that my students may come from different parenting styles. I have to use caution when generalizing the family types my students come from. I have to be aware of saying “parents” rather than saying “mom and dad” because it is becoming more popular to have same sexed parents who are or are not married. I need to also be cautious of not generalizing that every student’s parents are married. It is often that children have parents who are common law or divorced parents who don’t live under the same home as the student. By avoiding generalizations, it will boost the confidence of the student who may be discouraged by the family and parents they have and while it is being made more acceptable in their communities make it will make it more accepted in the classroom as well.
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