Dearest Daughters

It may not have occurred to you--as it didn’t to me for a long time--but an unconscious dichotomy between “the good guys” and “the bad guys” was taking root; So when we use terms like “bad guys” and glorify putting people “behind bars,” we have to consider that we are making light of a situation or possibly disparaging someone whom a child undoubtedly loves. My two year-old has already absorbed and accepted the idea that there are good and bad people (and the good people are the ones who wear cool uniforms!)--I have searched high and low for books about police officers and paramedics that present a more factual and less-biased perspective. Or are they perpetuating the clear-cut idea that there are good people and bad people--and that we can be absolutely certain of who they are.