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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Registered: 03-25-2010
Thu, 12-30-2010 - 12:15pm
<< to call someone elses child on a rule isn't yours to make. flame that all you want but that's MY opinion. >>

Do you mean the age of 13 to have a facebook account rule? If so, that isn't my rule, it is the rule of facebook, I'm just following that rule.

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Registered: 03-25-2010
Thu, 12-30-2010 - 12:16pm
Do you think reporting someone for breaking the rules is playing God?
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Thu, 12-30-2010 - 12:18pm
So that reduces the mph to 77.77 without any stops.

R = distance/time 77.77mph = 350miles/4.5 hours

If you add in stops, that makes the time driving shorter and the mph go up.
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Thu, 12-30-2010 - 12:25pm
It has nothing to do with directions, gps or even mapquest. It is a simple math calculation.

Rate = distance/time
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Thu, 12-30-2010 - 12:26pm
Well....you claimed to know what I was doing earlier this week. So what is the difference?
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Thu, 12-30-2010 - 12:32pm
LoL....
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Thu, 12-30-2010 - 12:34pm
That would send a clear message to me that my child wasn't ready for facebook if they were grounded from it all the time.
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Registered: 03-25-2010
Thu, 12-30-2010 - 12:35pm
But it wouldn't be 5 hours would it? If you were driving 5 hours and then had to drive 5 more hours to get home, that is 10 hours of driving.
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Registered: 03-25-2010
Thu, 12-30-2010 - 12:35pm
Then it is not a day trip, it is a trip that took place over more than one day.
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Thu, 12-30-2010 - 1:21pm
I agree, but removing FB could be a natural and logical consequence. For instance, if a kid's grades drop, maybe the kid is spending too much time on FB.

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