Babies and most toddlers do not ask us questions about their families. However, they do notice what goes on around them, and those observations form the basis of their thinking about families.
One of the keys to talking to children in this age group is finding a balance between too much information and too little information.
Parents need to be careful not to read too much into their questions and use these as opportunities to educate their children about the full range of options available for creating families and expressing identity.
In the first years of life, children construct ideas of what it means to be a boy or a girl. Their understanding of gender, gender identity and sexual orientation unfolds over time as well.
What children talk about and play at this age is what they know. They are beginning to pretend-play, using roles of the most important people in their lives.