So the two questions that flow from this revelation are: 1. Would it have made a difference in how you treated them as a child? 2. Did it make a difference after you found out?
I would hazzard to guess that the answer to both questions would be no. Hatton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
