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A series of gentle cartoon images depict how kids in day care and their working parents spend their days: e.g., while kids enjoy "circle time," grownups gather at a round conference table. The notion of paralleling parent-child activities is an effective approach. The only drawback is that each child looks identical to his or her featured parent, fostering a rigid idea of what a family looks like.