Personally, I see no problem with children knowing about same sex relationships. IN fact, seeing as they exist, (living in Brighton, there is a very big gay community here) it makes sense to explain to children that it's OK. I don't think that's likely to have any kind of negative effect. You never know, if everyone was more open about homesexuality, gay people may not have such a hard time growing up and coming to terms with their sexuality.
Obviously, having said all this, common sense must prevail, and the level of detail that one goes into should be proportionate to the childs age, but then the same would go for discussing heterosexuality. w -----Original Message----- From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 July 2002 10:06 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Homosexual Education (Re: Super Duper Controversial post....h eheh) >>| From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>| >>| What is the harm in children knowing that same sex couples >>| exist? Been reading and watching and listening, and I just thought I'd throw an opinion in the mix. Been exposed at one point or another to everything that's been discussed and the one thing I think we need to be more conscious of these days is the fact that everyone's kids might be going to kindergarten or 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade etc ... And their classmates may be children of same sex parents. So when the little 1st grader comes home and says "Daddy! Little Billy doesn't have a mom and a dad! He's got 2 daddies!! And they act just like you and mom do! They came and picked Billy up from class today and they had their arms around each other when they were leaving. And I saw them kiss after they put Billy in the car." ... What do you say to your child? Of course it is up to the parents to raise their children how they see fit, and parenting is trial by fire anyway I believe. I just think we all need to keep a very open mind about some of this ... And be aware that the scenario could happen. I think we all come from such diverse areas ... That some of this may not be so prevelant in some areas ... But if you lived in NYC ... I think there is a higher percentage of same sex couples than say a suburban town in Texas ... Where the topic is low on the priority list. And the bottom line is we really can't tell each other what to do, think or feel ... It's something we'll just have to discover for ourselves isn't it? ______________________________________________________________________ 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
