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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If you don't teach your children that there are only two genders and that only heterosexuality is ok then you don't have to explain it to them at all. Our children were exposed to our lesbian friends including a lesbian couple and our gay friends including a gay couple from the days they were born. They met one of my trans friends when they were very young. If you don't teach children to hate then they won't hate. If you struggle with how to speak to your children about these things then you've already failed them and the future.

There have always been gays and trans people. There will always be gays and trans people. Get the fuck over youselves.

[-] Twitches@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

Interestingly how my dad taught me was by not talking about it. He didn't talk about race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, nothing. I watched him interact with all walks of life and watched him treat everyone with the same basic level of respect. Now that I'm older I treat it just like my dad taught it, everyone is a person and unless shown otherwise deserves basic respect.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Exactly. We did the same thing with our kids. They saw us interacting with a wide range of people. When our son came home from a friend's house and said, "Mommy, what she's the word n----r mean? What does the word f----t mean?" we had a conversation about loaded words and how we don't use them. I've been working to eliminate gendered insults like b**ch and p---y from my speech. My son called a friend a b--ch while gaming today and I told him not to use gendered insults and explained why. We teach our kids how to deal with people. If you teach them right they will be good human beings.

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

"Call him a fucking Asshat if you must."

Sorry, I know you didn't mean it like that, but I had to chuckle because the "No gendered insults" kinda sounds like everything else is fair play.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

That's basically what I said.

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago
[-] yukijoou@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

to be fair, some people deserve to be called assholes

this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2024
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