I'm always amazed by how accepting kids are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Certainly haven’t found this for my child with special needs but adults are also entirely unaccepting of him too, so it’s not being taught. It’s all “be kind” to people with wheelchairs for example but be as mean as you feel like it to children with cognitive issues etc. Lots of work to be done on that front. Acceptance isn’t innate for some things.

Absolutely agree with this and am so sorry that you've had negative experiences. You are absolutely correct in what you say here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Certainly haven’t found this for my child with special needs but adults are also entirely unaccepting of him too, so it’s not being taught. It’s all “be kind” to people with wheelchairs for example but be as mean as you feel like it to children with cognitive issues etc. Lots of work to be done on that front. Acceptance isn’t innate for some things.

Absolutely agree with this and am so sorry that you've had negative experiences. You are absolutely correct in what you say here.

It’s pretty disgusting how free people feel to be just entirely cruel. People who go around prattling about their liberal ideals and practices on a regular basis. They would be very embarrassed arssed if they knew how unkind they and their children are.

[Anonymous]

Now if only they can learn to be nice the kids they think are "weird" or who aren't wearing the "right" shoes, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now if only they can learn to be nice the kids they think are "weird" or who aren't wearing the "right" shoes, etc.

But there are no head pats for that.

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Anonymous wrote:Certainly haven’t found this for my child with special needs but adults are also entirely unaccepting of him too, so it’s not being taught. It’s all “be kind” to people with wheelchairs for example but be as mean as you feel like it to children with cognitive issues etc. Lots of work to be done on that front. Acceptance isn’t innate for some things.

Absolutely agree with this and am so sorry that you've had negative experiences. You are absolutely correct in what you say here.

It’s pretty disgusting how free people feel to be just entirely cruel. People who go around prattling about their liberal ideals and practices on a regular basis. They would be very embarrassed arssed if they knew how unkind they and their children are.

Op here and I agree. DS had a kid in his K class with some behavior and cognitive issues and I was really disheartened to hear how some parents talked about him, and in turn, their kids felt negatively about him. We have a couple of people in our family with cognitive and behavior issues and thankfully DS is more understanding and accepting than some of his peers in that regard. He's 8. Young enough where I don't think he has a lot of the societal and media influence to change his way of seeing things. But I definitely am expecting it as he gets older and I find it sad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Certainly haven’t found this for my child with special needs but adults are also entirely unaccepting of him too, so it’s not being taught. It’s all “be kind” to people with wheelchairs for example but be as mean as you feel like it to children with cognitive issues etc. Lots of work to be done on that front. Acceptance isn’t innate for some things.

Absolutely agree with this and am so sorry that you've had negative experiences. You are absolutely correct in what you say here.

So, my child has really profound special needs (so she would have no clue someone was making fun of her — she is a baby cognitively). What I find interesting is that we have encountered nothing but kindness in over a decade. Her sister’s friends have never made fun of her being in a diaper, using a sippy cup, drooling, etc. It seems like higher functioning kids that still have cognitive and behavioral issues are treated poorly, but at some point the situation becomes so atypical that people stop being jerks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids are amazing until parents and society ruin them

Pretty much this.

They are honest little sponges.

They say exactly what they mean but they also absorb everything they hear. However, they don't understand what they hear most of the time.

I remember when my son was in K, they had an end of the year program in their classroom where each kid held up a photo the teacher took of them on the first day of school so parents could compare how much they had changed. The teacher then asked them a few questions that she had at the beginning of the year to see how they had grown/changed. One question is what do you want to be when you grow up? The answers were typical of 4-6 yo kids... fireman, princess, doctor, dog, lego store owner, etc. Until you got to one little kid who said he wanted to be a Civil Rights Attorney for POC. At the beginning of the year, he wanted to be a lawnmower!

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Anonymous wrote:Certainly haven’t found this for my child with special needs but adults are also entirely unaccepting of him too, so it’s not being taught. It’s all “be kind” to people with wheelchairs for example but be as mean as you feel like it to children with cognitive issues etc. Lots of work to be done on that front. Acceptance isn’t innate for some things.

Absolutely agree with this and am so sorry that you've had negative experiences. You are absolutely correct in what you say here.

So, my child has really profound special needs (so she would have no clue someone was making fun of her — she is a baby cognitively). What I find interesting is that we have encountered nothing but kindness in over a decade. Her sister’s friends have never made fun of her being in a diaper, using a sippy cup, drooling, etc. It seems like higher functioning kids that still have cognitive and behavioral issues are treated poorly, but at some point the situation becomes so atypical that people stop being jerks.

Yes, I think it’s more of an issue when the child appears “normal.” But many people who are gay, trans, poly, etc. are not obviously such. Acceptance should not hinge on awareness of a difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Certainly haven’t found this for my child with special needs but adults are also entirely unaccepting of him too, so it’s not being taught. It’s all “be kind” to people with wheelchairs for example but be as mean as you feel like it to children with cognitive issues etc. Lots of work to be done on that front. Acceptance isn’t innate for some things.

As someone with friends in wheelchairs and who belong to the dead and blind communities (their identification) , don’t actually believe the societal “be kind” narrative. People assume because their legs/ears/eyes don’t work, that they must have cognitive difficulties too. I have been out with friends and had people address me, and not the person I’m with... although they have a bajillion more times education and intelligence than I ever will.

[Anonymous]

I mean.... how accepting would you be of your child’s Muslim friend who disagrees with the tenants of the LGBTQ movement? You’re just raising someone with different values, not less bigoted.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean.... how accepting would you be of your child’s Muslim friend who disagrees with the tenants of the LGBTQ movement? You’re just raising someone with different values, not less bigoted.

One of my good friends heartily believes that Sharia law is better for society, while I'm firmly against mixing religion and government. We don't discuss Sharia law, abortion, lbgtq or adultery. We've had a blast discussing other things (like polygamy and other aspects of culture and religion), and the merits of specific politicians is always entertaining.

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Anonymous wrote:Certainly haven’t found this for my child with special needs but adults are also entirely unaccepting of him too, so it’s not being taught. It’s all “be kind” to people with wheelchairs for example but be as mean as you feel like it to children with cognitive issues etc. Lots of work to be done on that front. Acceptance isn’t innate for some things.

Absolutely agree with this and am so sorry that you've had negative experiences. You are absolutely correct in what you say here.

So, my child has really profound special needs (so she would have no clue someone was making fun of her — she is a baby cognitively). What I find interesting is that we have encountered nothing but kindness in over a decade. Her sister’s friends have never made fun of her being in a diaper, using a sippy cup, drooling, etc. It seems like higher functioning kids that still have cognitive and behavioral issues are treated poorly, but at some point the situation becomes so atypical that people stop being jerks.

Yes, I think it’s more of an issue when the child appears “normal.” But many people who are gay, trans, poly, etc. are not obviously such. Acceptance should not hinge on awareness of a difference.

Did you just compare polyamorous adults to a child with profound special needs? Just stop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Certainly haven’t found this for my child with special needs but adults are also entirely unaccepting of him too, so it’s not being taught. It’s all “be kind” to people with wheelchairs for example but be as mean as you feel like it to children with cognitive issues etc. Lots of work to be done on that front. Acceptance isn’t innate for some things.

Absolutely agree with this and am so sorry that you've had negative experiences. You are absolutely correct in what you say here.

So, my child has really profound special needs (so she would have no clue someone was making fun of her — she is a baby cognitively). What I find interesting is that we have encountered nothing but kindness in over a decade. Her sister’s friends have never made fun of her being in a diaper, using a sippy cup, drooling, etc. It seems like higher functioning kids that still have cognitive and behavioral issues are treated poorly, but at some point the situation becomes so atypical that people stop being jerks.

Yes, I think it’s more of an issue when the child appears “normal.” But many people who are gay, trans, poly, etc. are not obviously such. Acceptance should not hinge on awareness of a difference.

Did you just compare polyamorous adults to a child with profound special needs? Just stop.

Okay. Sure. No. I compared intolerance to intolerance. Tossing out stupid internet speak in retort is not the comeback you think it is. It’s meaningless claptrap.

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Anonymous wrote:Certainly haven’t found this for my child with special needs but adults are also entirely unaccepting of him too, so it’s not being taught. It’s all “be kind” to people with wheelchairs for example but be as mean as you feel like it to children with cognitive issues etc. Lots of work to be done on that front. Acceptance isn’t innate for some things.

Absolutely agree with this and am so sorry that you've had negative experiences. You are absolutely correct in what you say here.

So, my child has really profound special needs (so she would have no clue someone was making fun of her — she is a baby cognitively). What I find interesting is that we have encountered nothing but kindness in over a decade. Her sister’s friends have never made fun of her being in a diaper, using a sippy cup, drooling, etc. It seems like higher functioning kids that still have cognitive and behavioral issues are treated poorly, but at some point the situation becomes so atypical that people stop being jerks.

Yes, I think it’s more of an issue when the child appears “normal.” But many people who are gay, trans, poly, etc. are not obviously such. Acceptance should not hinge on awareness of a difference.

Did you just compare polyamorous adults to a child with profound special needs? Just stop.

Okay. Sure. No. I compared intolerance to intolerance. Tossing out stupid internet speak in retort is not the comeback you think it is. It’s meaningless claptrap.

You just compared intolerance towards a special needs child to intolerance towards a not obviously poly adult's choice of non monogamy. Meaningless claptrap for sure.

[Anonymous]

Kids don't discriminate anyone. They don't care about two lesbians kissing, other races, color, status, etc. Although kids can sense poverty and fall in depression if they are poor and feel ashamed. I was alone as a kid. I was there.

It's good to teach kids to learn about different kind of people and what matters is the inside, the heart

There's tons of selfish rich people who are bastards and stereotype and just watches how the middle class fights the poor