What (if anything) is your DC's private school doing to celebrating LGBT History Month?

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Anonymous wrote:Recruitment means artificially stacking schools with a disproportionate amount of Gay families so kids think gay family is just the same as a hetero family and it isn't. It also isn't fair in the admission process to judge a candidate on who their parent is with. A gay family can be fine but it is not the same and is confusing for children at a young age to think this way. Personally I think the door has swung so far to the left that there is starting to be a push back. I am pro gay rights so can't imagine what the people who aren't pro gay rights are thinking. FYI I am not a fan of my kids being indoctrinated with this stuff at a young age. Kids are so innocent and if my child is gay so be it but I an not interested in having this stuff paraded around in Kindergarten.

Yes, you're right. A hetero family is not just the same as a gay family. A hetero family has a mother and a father. Or just a mother. Or just a father. Or a grandmother and a grandfather. Or a mother, a father, and a birth mother who lives somewhere else. Or a mother and a father, living in different households. Or a mother and a stepfather, or a father and a stepmother. Oy. So confusing for children at a young age. Which is why I think that private schools should only admit the children of married heterosexual couples who live together. If they get divorced, or even just if one parent gets posted temporarily overseas? Boot 'em out. Innocent kids shouldn't have to be confronted by this kind of stuff.

I don't want my kid to be exposed to anything other than a normal, DC private school family: a mother and a father with an older ex-wife, an even older ex-wife and a younger mistress. Anything else is disgusting and confusing for innocent children.

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I thought the indispensable party in any "normal" DC private school family was the nanny? Moms [or step-Moms]definitely a plus, with occasional appearances from the Dad a nice option.

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LOL seriously?

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I’m not one to suggest that nannies play too big a role in raising young children, but I’ve heard that most pre-K students at Sidwell could test out of Tagalog language 101.

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You do realize that many people need two incomes to make tuition work, right? At Sidwell, when child care is needed, I usually see au pairs or a cobbled together system of carpools and aftercare and/or college sitters.

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I haven't done a survey, but most Sidwell families I know have only one parent working full-time.

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How do you feel about the government promoting binge drinking and promiscuity?

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Some are concerned about promoting healthcare as the ticket to casual sex, but, that attitude, like the anti-gay attitude by some here, reflects a view of the world as some want it to be, not the world as it is.

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The world as it is is not filled equally or near equally with gay families. Not even by a long shot. We need to stop acting like a gay family is the same as a man/woman family. It is different and not the same at all. Back to original post. We should celebrate people who have accomplished something. Who you sleep with is your business and not something to be proud or not proud of.

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Anonymous wrote:The world as it is is not filled equally or near equally with gay families. Not even by a long shot. We need to stop acting like a gay family is the same as a man/woman family. It is different and not the same at all. Back to original post. We should celebrate people who have accomplished something. Who you sleep with is your business and not something to be proud or not proud of.

Yes, people keep saying that. And I still don't know what it means. A man/woman family is different from a gay family because a man/woman family has a man and a woman, whereas a gay family has a man and a man, or a woman and a woman -- right? Are there lots of people out there disputing this? (Are there any?)

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Anonymous wrote:How do you feel about the government promoting binge drinking and promiscuity?

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Some are concerned about promoting healthcare as the ticket to casual sex, but, that attitude, like the anti-gay attitude by some here, reflects a view of the world as some want it to be, not the world as it is.

We have an administration run by people who despise traditional values and common sense.

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Anonymous wrote:The world as it is is not filled equally or near equally with gay families. Not even by a long shot. We need to stop acting like a gay family is the same as a man/woman family. It is different and not the same at all. Back to original post. We should celebrate people who have accomplished something. Who you sleep with is your business and not something to be proud or not proud of.

No one is saying it is the same. They are simply acknowledging that those families exist, which is fact and truth. Ignoring those facts and the truth won't make them disappear.

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Nope they are not simply acknowledging ..too much promotion in terms of it is just a normal and everyday to have two dads as a dad and a mom and this is not everyday by a long stretch. Sort of like hey you can choose it's wonderful. NO It is highly unusual and to say that it is anything but highly unusual is just a lie and confusing. I don't think gay families should disappear that is not true and/or realistic but it's not the same. Promotion is giving so much attention to a miniscule part of the population. I would be shocked if even 1 percent of families in the USA were gay families. Our school literally had a promotion of how to attract gay families night. This has nothing to do with individual candidates, just who are the parents. It was weird and most people did not like it. I think many of us in the not liking it category are very pro gay marriage and pro gay rights. I didn't even try to discuss with my conservative friends at the school as I am not interested in hearing about why gay marriage is bad. In any event, I am sure a lot of people may not appreciate what I am saying esp on DCUM where many people are liberal to a point of being unrealistic. Frankly I think the pushing gay agenda approach turns people off and that would be a shame. I just don't care who someone is sleeping with but I do care how families are portrayed and I do care about posing provocative questions at a young age. I think discussions about anything gay should be held off until at least fifth grade and certainly not in the younger years and I don't think my role is to make a gay family feel comfortable at the expensive of confusing my children.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope they are not simply acknowledging ..too much promotion in terms of it is just a normal and everyday to have two dads as a dad and a mom and this is not everyday by a long stretch. Sort of like hey you can choose it's wonderful. NO It is highly unusual and to say that it is anything but highly unusual is just a lie and confusing. I don't think gay families should disappear that is not true and/or realistic but it's not the same. Promotion is giving so much attention to a miniscule part of the population. I would be shocked if even 1 percent of families in the USA were gay families. Our school literally had a promotion of how to attract gay families night. This has nothing to do with individual candidates, just who are the parents. It was weird and most people did not like it. I think many of us in the not liking it category are very pro gay marriage and pro gay rights. I didn't even try to discuss with my conservative friends at the school as I am not interested in hearing about why gay marriage is bad. In any event, I am sure a lot of people may not appreciate what I am saying esp on DCUM where many people are liberal to a point of being unrealistic. Frankly I think the pushing gay agenda approach turns people off and that would be a shame. I just don't care who someone is sleeping with but I do care how families are portrayed and I do care about posing provocative questions at a young age. I think discussions about anything gay should be held off until at least fifth grade and certainly not in the younger years and I don't think my role is to make a gay family feel comfortable at the expensive of confusing my children.

Good grief.

Maybe gay parents don't think their role is to pretend they don't exist for your benefit, at the expense of their children living their normal everyday lives?

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Good grief.

Maybe gay parents don't think their role is to pretend they don't exist for your benefit, at the expense of their children living their normal everyday lives?

+100! Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:Nope they are not simply acknowledging ..too much promotion in terms of it is just a normal and everyday to have two dads as a dad and a mom and this is not everyday by a long stretch. Sort of like hey you can choose it's wonderful. NO It is highly unusual and to say that it is anything but highly unusual is just a lie and confusing. I don't think gay families should disappear that is not true and/or realistic but it's not the same. Promotion is giving so much attention to a miniscule part of the population. I would be shocked if even 1 percent of families in the USA were gay families. Our school literally had a promotion of how to attract gay families night. This has nothing to do with individual candidates, just who are the parents. It was weird and most people did not like it. I think many of us in the not liking it category are very pro gay marriage and pro gay rights. I didn't even try to discuss with my conservative friends at the school as I am not interested in hearing about why gay marriage is bad. In any event, I am sure a lot of people may not appreciate what I am saying esp on DCUM where many people are liberal to a point of being unrealistic. Frankly I think the pushing gay agenda approach turns people off and that would be a shame. I just don't care who someone is sleeping with but I do care how families are portrayed and I do care about posing provocative questions at a young age. I think discussions about anything gay should be held off until at least fifth grade and certainly not in the younger years and I don't think my role is to make a gay family feel comfortable at the expensive of confusing my children.

This is ridiculous. 10 percent of the DC population is LGBT. Of course schools would incorporate that into their admission program. Perhaps they shouldn't do any outreach to any minority populations?