World’s youngest PM Sanna Marin is a working mother, raised by same-sex parents

Same-sex families continue to be a taboo today, although studies have time and again refuted any claims of same-sex parents having a negative impact on the child. About the challenges as a kid, Marin was quoted as saying, “The silence was the hardest. Invisibility caused a feeling of incompetence. We were not recognised as a true family or equal with others. But I wasn’t much bullied. Even when I was little, I was very candid and stubborn. I wouldn’t have taken anything easy.”

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Marin spent her teenage years working in a bakery. She was also the first in her family to go to university. Her mother had always been supportive of her choices, she had said.

Sanna Marin with her Markus Raikkone and their daughter. (Source: sannamarin/Instagram)

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Becoming a parent

Marin, mother to a 22-month-old daughter Emma Amalia Marin, also actively documented her journey through pregnancy and motherhood on social media, from sharing pictures of her baby bump to that of breastfeeding and spending time with the child as a working mother, influencing many other mothers in the process.

Sanna Marin also shared a picture of breastfeeding her child on social media. (Source: sannamarin/Instagram)