Based on read riordan Ares' guide to parenhood https://www.readriordan.com/2022/11/09/ares-guide-to-fatherhood/
Ok, but what if Piper was a boy and Leo was a girl?
Think about it. The male Cherokee son of Aphrodite and there can actually be a son of Aphrodite for once, not just a daughter, subverting the feminine pink beauty love goddess stereotype.
And then the Hispanic daughter of Hephaestus-we could get a muscular main character female for once, and it would inspire so many young girls! And she and Percy could bond over their mothers or something. And we wouldn't have the horrible romantic subplot with Calypso.