I just wanna jump in and say this is far less a "straight people" thing, and far more a "suburban moms who watch the Kardashians" thing, in my experience.
People who don't want their kids to be aware that there are people in the world who don't just like the opposite sex are just plain homophobic. If you find love "embarrassing" or "shameful" to teach then that's on you, not the school.
This is why I’m happy with the recent Arthur episode with Mr. Ratburn. It was handled with a “this exists, it does exist.” I’m saying this from the perspective of a gay man that grew up with the show. Back in my day we taught people that: blind people, deaf people, people of physical disabilities, autism, that they’re people too and aren’t any less of a person because of it. Why not gay people, the “WON’T ANYONE THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN MENTALITY” is thrown out the window, you’re the one complaining, not them, that’s the point. Thank You PBS.
I loved Mr. Ratburn getting married that was so cute!
@wassersten, no ones forcing you but it's important to teach children about relationships and safe sex when they reach a certain age.
I never blocked my kid from knowing about LGBT relationships. I told her some people like boys some like girls some are girls and like girls some are boys and like boys. As long as they love each other boy with a boy or girl with a girl or boy with a girl. Than that is all that matters.
And she LITERALLY never questioned it. To her that is normal.
I'm a hetro female, my 13yr old daughter came home a few weeks ago and said "mum, I'm gay!". I've never felt so proud in my life!! She had no reason to doubt my complete acceptance of that - unlike some of my friends and her dad who have tried to tell me/her that she's too young to know that yet. What a heap of bullshit. They knew they were hetro at her age, she knows she's gay. I just want to see all kids grow up being accepted for who they are, no matter what they are. Especially by their parents who are the most important people on the planet to them :)
People are talking about what they know or what they experience. My gay cousin talks about his son as a man crusher and he's only 2. Theres nothing wrong with it and theres nothing malicious about it. People are people, they do and talk about what relates to them in the absence of a stated alternative preference.
People need to chill the fuck out. Not everything is an affront to their agenda.
@wassersten, no ones forcing you but it's important to teach children about relationships and safe sex when they reach a certain age.
And she LITERALLY never questioned it. To her that is normal.
People need to chill the fuck out. Not everything is an affront to their agenda.