(If I have to hear, "How will I explain that to my kids?" one more time, I'm going to smack someone. The same way I explained it to my brother, morons -- "Some boys like girls, some boys like boys, some girls like girls." It's not actually that difficult.)
No shit. When my older son was very small (three? four?) he explained to his year-younger cousin what "parents" meant --she knew the words mommy and daddy, but not parents, somehow. He told her Your parents are the people who take care of you all the time, like your mommy and daddy, or sometimes two mommies or two daddies, or maybe something else. Not your teachers, but more at home.
Now, I decided when my first kid was born that I was going to explicitly refer to partner relationships with both gay and straight terms all the time (still true), but really, if a preschooler can explain it, it's just not that hard.
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Date: 2008-04-29 08:05 pm (UTC)No shit. When my older son was very small (three? four?) he explained to his year-younger cousin what "parents" meant --she knew the words mommy and daddy, but not parents, somehow. He told her Your parents are the people who take care of you all the time, like your mommy and daddy, or sometimes two mommies or two daddies, or maybe something else. Not your teachers, but more at home.
Now, I decided when my first kid was born that I was going to explicitly refer to partner relationships with both gay and straight terms all the time (still true), but really, if a preschooler can explain it, it's just not that hard.