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.

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Wed, 12-29-2010 - 3:51pm

Yep.


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Wed, 12-29-2010 - 3:56pm

My grandmother was a complete maniac in a car. Anytime someone said they did X trip in three hours, she would look aghast and exclaim that she did the same trip in two hours. I remember driving with her, it was scary. She was also of the opinion that all major roads should be like the German autobahn, which in those days had no speed limit, but did have a MINIMUM speed of 90 KM/hr.

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Registered: 03-25-2010
Wed, 12-29-2010 - 4:10pm
I don't have to know that, to drive almost 400 miles in 4.5 hours, one has to do it at about 89mph, it is simple math. If you drive slower, you cover less distance.

Again, I'm not talking about mapquest, I am talking about a simple formula to calculate mile per hour. Do the math.
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Registered: 03-25-2010
Wed, 12-29-2010 - 4:11pm
Great glad you agree, you can apologize for the lies at anytime.
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Registered: 03-25-2010
Wed, 12-29-2010 - 4:14pm
That's okay, it can't be done, except perhaps on Fantasy Island and I'm not sure even there.
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Registered: 03-25-2010
Wed, 12-29-2010 - 4:16pm
Well considering that I have told you every time in this thread where you have accused me of being at work and posting that your statement wasn't a true statement, but rather a false statement....what do you think?

Are you still going to insist that your statements are/were true? LoL
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Registered: 03-25-2010
Wed, 12-29-2010 - 4:18pm
Actually no, it isn't a double standard and if you had taken the time to actually read my posts instead of accusing me of things I didn't do, you would have seen that. Let me repeat again, anyone who has facebook under the age of 13 has lied to obtain that facebook profile.

Again, no....I haven't bothered because I haven't bothered. Really, no matter how many time you repeat false statements, they don't "poof" automatically come true.
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Registered: 03-25-2010
Wed, 12-29-2010 - 4:23pm
I like Fantasy Island. da plane! da plane! I loved that show as a kid, lol.
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Wed, 12-29-2010 - 4:46pm

i was a dangerously fast driver when i was younger.

 

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Registered: 10-22-2009
Wed, 12-29-2010 - 4:54pm
We always plan stops on a day trip.

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