In this age of political correctness, there's a children's book designed to help our youngsters feel that however unusual their circumstances, they're not unique or abnormal. If these books don't already exist, we can expect to come across:

• When Daddy Becomes Mommy: New Dress-Up Clothes for Me


• How To Play With Your Chinese Little Sister


• Daddy May Be Different When He Comes Back From Iraq

In a league of its own is a pad I saved that was popular in Los Angeles when our son was young, Tell a Maid Child Care, Spanish/English (Cuidar De Los Ninos) so that parents and Spanish-speaking caregivers could communicate, with each filling in instructions such as:

Bathe, bane (name of child) before (antes de las) time.

No les permita mirar la television esta noche (no TV tonight).

Employees could fill out things like:

(Name of child) se negaron a banarse to report a child who'd refused to take a bath.

Linda Wolf, author of this pad, needed help with English as she translated "Si, hay algo que no comprende, pregunteme" to "If their is something that you don't understand, ask me."

If the caretaker wasn't able to speak English well enough to say, "We're out of detergent," what would happen when calling 911? Or maybe by now, there's a computerized phone that's replaced this primitive pad so you press 1 for English and 2 for Spanish.

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