My daughter asked about a gay couple that were holding hands at the mall. I told her they loved each other. She fully accepted it as a legitimate answer. She's also asked about people with lots of piercings. She regularly compliments people on their tattoos and wild hair. When she's chatting with strangers she regularly asks them first what color their cars are. Then launches into how ridiculous her legs are. Kids aren't born biased against much but maybe certain foods. But they do pick up on more subtle clues from the adults in their lives than most people realize. It isn't just parents that create biases in children! Luckily I come from a medically and mentally diverse, tattoo having, open minded family and so have a daughter that likes people not in spite of their differences, but for them!
That's really cool! I hope when i grow up i can have a child as open minded as that. I give you an A+ for good parenting.
I'm not being sarcastic so, you guys can shove those downvotes where the sun don't shine! Thank you. :D
Thank you! I was lucky to be raised to believe a person's worth is based on who they are and not what they look like or who they love. I can't imagine missing out on some of the friends I've had just because of something as silly as who they're attracted to or the number of tattoos they have, and I certainly don't want my daughter growing up and missing out or thinking it's ok to judge people or ever hurt someone simply because they're different than her. That way of thinking is just ridiculous to me!
I bet a lot of people who like this post would say that religious "indoctrination" (as they call it) provides a good example.
For an extreme example, look at Hitler. He wouldn't have known he was damaged, but he had developed extremely distorted perceptions (scars) that contributed to his dangerous and incorrect outlook.
Regarding the post, that's a bad example. Somewhere along his childhood, Hitler must have learned and believed some people was better, more worthy than others, unlike this one, were kids just learn everyone is equal.
No, it's not "just learning everyone is equal", it's learning what behaviors are okay and what are not. It's learning about the nature of reality. The way I see it, when you learn that something is true when it really isn't (e.g. either that racism is okay or that sex and gender is only arbitrary), you have been scarred. You have been disadvantaged.
I'm not being sarcastic so, you guys can shove those downvotes where the sun don't shine! Thank you. :D
For an extreme example, look at Hitler. He wouldn't have known he was damaged, but he had developed extremely distorted perceptions (scars) that contributed to his dangerous and incorrect outlook.