Comments on: Pretty lame

By: cube

cube — Tue, 03 May 2005 14:10:53 +0000

Manish ,

I am suspecting that when you parent said “Because I said so.”, it never set right with you did it.

The reason why kids should learn things when their parents want them to is because that is when the parents want to them.

I know it is circular logic, but you are searching for an explanation for reasons that do not need explaining.

By: Manish

Manish — Tue, 03 May 2005 04:30:21 +0000

Otherwise, a kid doesn�t need to know about that until puberty, at least.

Why? What difference is there between gay and lesbian relationships and straight relationships that young kids shouldn’t learn about? When they hit puberty, they’ll learn the more, shall we say, functional differences, but until then little kids aren’t going to infer anything if someone has 2 mommies or a mommy and a daddy. I would argue that teaching them that its o.k. from an earlier age will de-stigmatize same-sex relationships. It won’t be something weird that they learn about later in life, it will be something that will be normal to them.

By: Manish

Manish — Tue, 03 May 2005 04:26:34 +0000

Parker said he met with school officials to gain those assurances and then refused to leave until he got them. Parker stayed at Estabrook School for more than two hours, according to Superintendent William J. Hurley, as officials and Lexington police urged him to leave. Finally, they arrested him for trespassing. Nothing wrong with taking an interest in your kids education, but if you refuse to leave, what else can they do?

By: markm

markm — Mon, 02 May 2005 16:31:50 +0000

I’m very definitely socially liberal, but I’d be upset if my kid came home from preschool asking about “lesbian and gay arrangements.” If on parents’ night the other kids discover little Ralphie has two mommies, deal with it then. Otherwise, a kid doesn’t need to know about that until puberty, at least.