Teaching tolerance to our kids

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Registered: 06-16-2010
Teaching tolerance to our kids
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Mon, 12-27-2010 - 4:06pm

The discussion in the other thread about gay marriage (OK, it wasn’t so much a discussion as an attack on granitestategal, plus the last time I checked it had devolved into mumbling and maniacal laughter...time to move on!) got me to thinking about this new generation of kids and how things have changed for them. Technology has exploded, and kids are more connected than ever before. They’re also disconnected in a whole new way, but this thread isn’t about that. I’d like to know what we are teaching our kids as far as tolerance for other religions, races and lifestyles.

My parents were brought up by parents who were extremely prejudiced against non-Catholics and non-whites. My great-grandparents must not have passed along the lessons they’d learned as immigrants themselves. The town we lived in was predominantly white and Catholic, and up until high school I didn’t know anyone who was black, Jewish, Hispanic, or gay*. When I moved away from home, I was blown away by how different people outside my little world really were, and fascinated by it. I was, and am, determined to raise my kids to respect and appreciate the differences of others and to understand that deep down we really aren’t that different.

A few years ago when DS was 4, we ran into the husband of a co-worker at a music festival. My co-worker is also male. I probably went overboard in my introduction, but I wanted to get the point across that it’s perfectly OK for some families to consist of 2 dads or 2 moms, or one parent, or parents of different races/religions.

Kevali


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Registered: 03-29-1999
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 12:54pm
If she doesn't accept the friend request in the first place, how can she know if the underage person is kicked off Fb? If she isn't friends with them, she can't see what goes on with them. She reports them and moves on.
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Registered: 02-04-2009
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 1:06pm

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Kitty

"If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing."-- Kingsley Amis, British novelist, 1971 t .

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Registered: 10-01-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 1:08pm

Nope, like smoking before 18. Drinking before 21.

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Registered: 02-04-2009
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 1:09pm

Because they're not YOUR kids and you don't have any right to access that information.

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Kitty

"If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing."-- Kingsley Amis, British novelist, 1971 t .

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Registered: 10-01-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 1:09pm

Who said the parent was reading EVERY post on the kid's walls? I am more interested in "problems" and "bullying" by kids.

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Registered: 10-01-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 1:10pm

She can look up their name and see if the account is still there.

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Registered: 10-01-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 1:11pm

My entire point was when it became popular, her son was over the age of having an account.

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Registered: 10-22-2009
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 1:13pm
Interesting!
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Registered: 10-01-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 1:14pm

Feeling better??-bawahhaa...

Again, if I feel there is harm being done to someone, YES, it is my business.

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Registered: 10-01-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 1:14pm

May I ask, have YOU ever read someone's wall?

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