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Just a parent thought
9 years ago
Copied from my fb, cause its just easier to copy and paste.
I know Nikki gets mad at me when i talk about this, cause it was originally a light joke. I think about it, though, and parents should talk about what ifs with their child. Not just what they will be, but what the child might choose in their personal life and how the parent would react. I often bring up LGBTQ situations. What if my child is bi or gay? What if they are trans? What if they end up asexual? (I have asexual friends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality )
I mean yeah I have the normal thoughts of what if they become an athlete, geek, nerd, picked on, or a bully. But, i feel there are situations that aren't spoken about often among parents that need to be considered as possible to get the parent to think of how they would react. For me, it helps me to think of how to raise my child. It also helps me to think that if my child meets someone like this that I need to show them how to treat that person. My child will meet people of all different areas. I have friends of different sexual backgrounds, friends of different social/cultural groups like furries and Deaf, friends that are from different areas of the world, etc. To me, diversity makes the world complete and so much more beautiful. I hope my son learns to grow up to accept people's differences and let them be as they are.
So i thought i'd share that.
I know Nikki gets mad at me when i talk about this, cause it was originally a light joke. I think about it, though, and parents should talk about what ifs with their child. Not just what they will be, but what the child might choose in their personal life and how the parent would react. I often bring up LGBTQ situations. What if my child is bi or gay? What if they are trans? What if they end up asexual? (I have asexual friends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality )
I mean yeah I have the normal thoughts of what if they become an athlete, geek, nerd, picked on, or a bully. But, i feel there are situations that aren't spoken about often among parents that need to be considered as possible to get the parent to think of how they would react. For me, it helps me to think of how to raise my child. It also helps me to think that if my child meets someone like this that I need to show them how to treat that person. My child will meet people of all different areas. I have friends of different sexual backgrounds, friends of different social/cultural groups like furries and Deaf, friends that are from different areas of the world, etc. To me, diversity makes the world complete and so much more beautiful. I hope my son learns to grow up to accept people's differences and let them be as they are.
So i thought i'd share that.
