about "letting kids know"-- A couple of my aunts have virtually adopted individuals, couples, entire families into the clan.
Since childhood, there have been people at their "family parties" who were not actually related to us. But year after year they were there at the celebrations. When I was a kid (grade school age), I remember one couple named Tommy and Annie (both women). No explanation was given. As I got a bit older, I asked if they lived together and was told that they did. Sex did not enter into my question or the answer. I later asked why they lived together. I was told "because they love each other". By the time I was a teenager, I realized that they were a lesbian couple who had been together since they were nurses in the Army in WWII. The fact that nobody thought it necessary to mention anything about this couple is what I find significant. -Ben > >>Also, if Heather has two mommies before a child goes to the class then > >>she'll have already asked her parents where Heather's daddy is, more > >>than likely. > > huh? > > > My daughter has a mommy and a daddy. If Heather has two mommies, then > my daughter will probably wonder where Heather's daddy is. Also, even > Larry can't dispute the fact that reproduction occurs only after a male > produced sperm fertilize a female produced egg. Therefore there *must* > be a daddy in the picture somewhere, even if he met mommy at the sperm bank. > > > > Lets put it this way - many children will not have the concious opportunity > > to meet gay people until they are older because most people dont' come out > > until a bit later. Whats the harm in letting kids know that gay people > > exist, they are around us every day and they are nothing to fear or hate/ > > > Let me ask a counter-question. Why does a child under the age of, say, > 14 have to know the sexual orientation of someone? I can understand a > teenager needing to know about sexual orientation and preference, but > why confuse a child? > > > I am not reading that. I am trying to figure out what it is you are trying > > to shield your kid from. > > > At this point in time my references to my daughter are for example. > She's 22 days old and just started "tracking" my wife with her head. In > her eyes right now there is the walking milk factory (my wife), the > humman pillow (me) and the human bouncer (my mother-in-law). Everyone > else is a pair of arms and a shoulder and a voice. > > Will I still hold these opinions when she gets into gradeschool? > Possibly. Maybe I'll have moved even further to the right in my > viewpoints. Maybe I'll have chilled out by then... it just bothers me > because I have no example to work from in this scenario. > > Hatton > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
