We bought our little one a beautiful doll’s house, as she’s been going all misty-eyed over them lately. Little did we realize that we would also have to buy the wooden figurines to populate them (no Barbies in this house, thank you). However, these always come in standard families, i.e. mum, dad, daughter, son configs, with a gran and grandad to boot. How have other families solved this quandary? Our present idea is to buy another set, thus given her the opportunity to mix and match?

I’d also be willing to hear from other people how they dealt with the ‘papa’ question. We had already discussed this in the past, are also fortunate that my cousin had a child out of wedlock, whose father is unknown, and thus a ‘role model’ to some extent. But I feel like a broken record some days repeating the ’some kids have one mum or dad, some have a mum and dad, and some have two of each’ mantra… All input more than welcome.

Some days I grumble that all kids should come with a manual, but a FAQ section would be particularly handy ;-)