![]() ![]() They both love their moms, playing with their friends, and being ninjas. My son sees commonalities between himself and Penelope. ![]() “Born Ready” shows Black kids (cis and trans) they can look to this book and see themselves. It’s hard to find books that feature Black families. So even though I know he understands, we use books as an example. ![]() We’ve been talking about the gender spectrum for several years, but it can be a challenge for him to conceptualize something he can’t see. But I am trying to raise a child that knows there is a world larger than his immediate surroundings. I don’t have anyone trans in my immediate family. That people who have families that are not trans identified families, not Black identified, read it,” Jodie Patterson told Scary Mommy via phone. With it, Patterson is broadening the scope of trans representation for kids and their families. But Penelope has a big secret: he’s a boy and needs his family to see him as one. The picture book shows Penelope, a five-year-old who loves skateboarding and being a ninja. So she wrote the book “Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope” based on her own family. For activist and author Jodie Patterson, it was important to show that there are many different kinds of families out there. ![]() And while there are plenty of families like that, they do not represent all families’ experiences. When we see families portrayed in media, most of the time they’re white, cisgender, heterosexual and middle class. ![]()
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