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.


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I think the fundamental difference to me is that, if I look at my friend's wall it's okay because my friend--by friending me--has already given me permission to do so.
However if I sign in as someone who is NOT me (i.e., my child), then I no longer have permission to see that wall.
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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 .
lol!! Would you like to change your answer about the B&G, the B&B and your business partner?
Again, please explain..........
You claimed: <>
Again, why would the parents of 18-21 year old kids be monitoring their accounts?
Uh huh...and you are trying to change the subject. Please keep the discussion to FACEBOOK. Thank.you.
I am soooo glad that I am an involved parent and interested in what is going on not only in my children's lives but the generation of children.
Too many parents feel they "need" to give their kids a lot of freedom, to be their "friend", to deny what kind of trouble they ARE in or could be in, to let kids do things because it is "easier" on them.
Again, we don't have those problems.
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