You Don't Look Like Your Family
A girl called Maya is at the school gate with her dad when a kid from another class says, loudly, "That's not your real dad. You don't even look like him." Maya's family is made up in a way that's perfectly normal to her and a bit unexpected to other people — different skin tones, a step-parent, a story that doesn't fit the picture some kids carry in their heads of what a family is "supposed" to look like. To her, it's just home. To this other kid, it's a question demanding an answer in front of everyone. Maya goes quiet. Her dad squeezes her hand. You're standing close enough to see her face.
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