Abstract
It is circle time at the Happy Baby Childcare Center. Little three-year-old Susanne is sharing with her class her latest visit to the zoo. “Well, Mama said that monkeys are smarter than us and Mommy said that they are very friendly.” The teacher pauses and then asks, “Susanne, did you go to the zoo with your mother and grandmother?” Susanne says, “No, I went to the zoo with Mama and Mommy!” The teacher is clearly bewildered and would like to clarify for herself who Mama and Mommy are, but the rest of the children in the group are becoming restless. She leaves her questions for another time.
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Jan Hare is Associate Professor at Oregon State University in the Human Development and Family Services Extension, Corvallis, OR. Leslie A. Koepke is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development, Family Living and Community Educational Services, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI.
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Hare, J., Koepke, L.A. Susanne and her two mothers. Early Childhood Educ J 18, 20–21 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01620445
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