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Super mom cartoon12/28/2022 ![]() ![]() “Many of those who watch the show will have two mums or two dads themselves and it will mean a lot to parents and children that their experiences are being represented on such an iconic children’s ,” Robbie de Santos, director of communications and external affairs at LGBT rights charity Stonewall, told the BBC. Many viewers were delighted to see a same-sex parent family introduced, praising the show for its inclusivity. In a press release eOne Family Brands sent out last year announcing Peppa Pig’s greenlight through 2027, Rebecca Harvey, EVP, stated, “We remain committed to producing fresh Peppa Pig content that will continue to resonate with each new generation.” It seems they heard the call of the new generation. “This means that children of same-sex parents may feel alienated by Peppa Pig, and that other children may be more likely to bully them, simply through ignorance.” "Children watching Peppa Pig are at an impressionable age and excluding same-sex families will teach them that only families with either a single parent or two parents of different sexes are normal,” wrote the creators of the petition. The decision to include a two-mom family came after an online petition, “ Demand a same-sex parent family on Peppa Pig!” garnered nearly 24,000 signatures. I love spaghetti.” The episode then shows the two moms and daughter sitting around their kitchen table eating spaghetti. ![]() One mummy is a doctor and one mummy cooks spaghetti. ![]() In the episode, Peppa’s classmate Penny Polar Bear, when drawing a family portrait, explains, “I live with my mummy and my other mummy. EOne’s popular, award winning, animated preschool series, Peppa Pig, which introduced its first same-sex couple this past Tuesday in the episode “Families,” caused quite the stir, reports BBC News. ![]()
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