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English story
Pg 14 Pg 20
Today is a parents’ visiting day at kindergarten. ((“Cheolwoo, do you want to see a picture of
We were excited since morning because we knew Hojung’s mom?”))
that our moms or dads would be coming to the
kindergarten. Pg 21
“Hojung’s mom is a woman,
Pg 15 but she is the bravest firefighter.”
Gwang-hyun looked at the hallway, and called, “Mom!”. Cheolwoo’s eyes widened when he saw the picture
Gwang-hyun’s mom is the first one here. of Mom in her firefighting suit in Dad’s phone.
Young-ah’s mom, Soomi’s mom, Namsuk’s mom… “Cheolwoo, there’s no such thing as a man’s job,
My friends’ moms kept coming. or a woman’s job.
You can do what you want and what you’re good at,
Pg 16 no matter your gender.”
Ah, I see my dad finally!
“Dad!” I called out in a loud voice. Pg 23
“A woman can become a police officer, soldier,
Pg 17 pilot, or an engineer, and a man can always
become a nurse,
“Does Hojung not have a mom? Her dad came.”
flight attendant, or a housekeeper.
Cheolwoo said in a teasing way.
So, it’s not a weird thing for a mom to go out to work,
“Why wouldn’t I have a mom? She went to work.”
and for a dad to take care of the children while
I huffed and puffed, and Cheolwoo teased even louder.
doing housework.”
“Your dad doesn’t go to work, but your mom does? Dad explained thoroughly, and Cheolwoo nodded.
Ha-ha, the role of your parents has been completely
reversed!” Pg 24
“Cheolwoo!”
_TIP At that moment, Cheolwoo’s dad came in.
Parents saying things such as ‘Why would a man “Huh? Didn’t you go to work?”
do that?’ “I took a day off to visit your class.”
or ‘Women should do this.” without thinking spreads
prejudice to children. Pg 25
Please be careful to not tie children to preconceived
gender roles. I said to Cheolwoo,
“Is your family also weird because your dad
Pg 18 came here instead of going to work?”
“I’m sorry, I was wrong.”
“Hello! I am Hojung’s dad.
I don’t go out to work, but do laundry, cook, Hahaha! Hohoho!
and clean at home. The adults all laughed when they heard our conversation.
I also have a job, but I do that at home too.” Cheolwoo and I laughed together.
Pg 19
I was angry at Cheolwoo for teasing,
but Dad smiled and talked to him nicely.
“Huff, how would a man do laundry and cook?”
Cheolwoo asked Dad.
출근하는 엄마 살림하는 아빠_0905.indd 31 2019. 9. 18. 오후 7:24
