Teaching tolerance to our kids

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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: 03-25-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 9:40pm
Both of my children have friends who have siblings that are that age, they have youth leaders, mentors and even players on the older sons team are that age.

I agree, not a very smart statement and my guess is that will change in a year in high school where they have classes together in some cases, lol.
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Registered: 10-01-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 9:41pm

I understand and I totally get what you were talking about earlier...iam much more on top of ds12< including facebook > than ds 13 and it has nothing do with age butpersonality. I need to back off him a little bit...

Yes, right here you say

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Registered: 03-25-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 9:43pm
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Many times in this thread, all of those posts that have been unread.

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I can see that, I'm sure they started with underage facebook and move forward.


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Registered: 03-25-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 9:44pm
Then she can easily see what you don't want her to see.
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Registered: 10-01-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 9:44pm

Wow. I am NOT even going to go there. Seems you think under-age drinking is ok. Something that could lead to accidents, fatalities, sexual assaults.

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Registered: 03-25-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 9:45pm
I don't check my facebook as often as you have stated, but I get in there every day or so and usually read the older posts back to where I remember reading before.

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Registered: 10-01-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 9:45pm

Nope, not ALL fb is bad, just like not ALL of the world is bad.

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Registered: 03-25-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 9:47pm
Well no, we have already gone over that before, please read the posts...it looks kinda silly when you make false claims about what has already been stated.


But hey....way to avoid the questions. Again.
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Registered: 03-25-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 9:47pm
How do you know?
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Registered: 03-25-2010
Sat, 01-01-2011 - 9:47pm
You go on a daily basis?

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