Don't Say Gay?

[basballguy]

(03-28-2022, 08:57 PM)hollodero Wrote: Well, good luck he did not find out what the Kingslayer does with his sister. I'd like to use this to raise a question though, if it's not getting more and more unrealistic that parents have full influence over all topics their child is confronted with in the first place. With school, TV, internet, phones and all that. This can not all be shut out air tight. The outside world will swoop in one way or another.

What if there's a schoolmate that has two daddys or two mommys, for example. Even if parents are unwilling to discuss that with their child, I might still prefer if someone else would discuss it then. And be it just that this kid with the two daddys is not seen as a freak.

For your first comment.  I can't imagine a parent out there right now that isn't trying to filter the information their kindergarten aged child is receiving.  They're watching Blues Clues, not CSI Miami.  (Or whatever shows are relevant today).  They have toy phones, not real phones.  

Your other comment reminds me of a fun story.....had a bunch of kids over one day in the summer, all 6th and 7th graders swimming in the pool....my daughter comes running into the house to tell on another kid and says "Daddy, Kane is teabagging (random girl)!"  So I run outside to the pool and everyone is swimming.  I asked my daughter what teabagging means and she said "It's when you run and jump over them into into the pool!"  So after breathing a sigh of relief i just told them to stop it......This was 10 years ago.  If you think kids really do know what's up then you are giving them (and yourself when you were that age) way too much credit.  

You have to remember the age group this is focused on.  Its like 5 year olds to 8 year olds.  These kids are still learning the basics of life.  "Why?" is their favorite question.  Kids are going to learn things from other kids.  You can't avoid that.  But kids in this age group are not going to be teaching their buddies about sexual orientation or gender identity.  

It's one thing for them to ask "Why does Sarah have two dads?" to their parents (or even a teacher) and another thing for a teacher to have a lesson plan around sexual orientation or gender identity for kids in Kindergarten, First Grade, or Second Grade.  

I don't understand why some people feel the need to debate this.  Yes, it's a stupid law....but trying to find ways to justify what it's protecting against is silly.