Daycare celebrating PRIDE. Appropriate?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Inappropriate.

and yes I like gay people blahblah.

Sexuality is not a topic for daycare.

+1. I'm wearing a Unity Orlando Pride t-shirt right now. I'm very supportive of gay marriage. I'm a minister who happily performs ceremonies. But its not a preschool topic. All they need to learn is to be kind. We want to raise our littlest people to see gay rights as a given. Not as something different.

You know what, I can see your point.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't it something how being gay went from something that was considered by most to be wrong and a choice to something that is now part of mainstream culture in such a short period of time? It's amazing how quickly culture can change.

I'm more amazed by how pride fest has morphed from some naked dudes parading in leather chaps and leashes to a preschool-appropriate subject.

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Anonymous wrote:Just say that pride is about being proud to be who you are. You don't have to get into the sexual orientation aspect with your little kids if it's not something you're comfortable with.

Well said!

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Anonymous wrote:Just got this email.

" (as a company) is celebrating PRIDE tomorrow by showing our colors! If you would like to show your support of PRIDE month, dress in Rainbow or your favorite color tomorrow, June 28th."

I don't know what to think of it. How to explain PRIDE to a 4 yo?

"We're celebrating love, and everyone's right to be with the people they love." Or if that's too much for you, sure, Rainbow Day like PP said.

My kid's daycare does a breast cancer walk / parade where all the kids make pink paper hats and banners. I find it a weird thing to single out, and I don't want to talk to a 3 year old about cancer. I say we are showing that we care about people who may be sick or recovering from sickness.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a fan of making a big deal out of being LGBT as though it is something that makes people different / or special and that needs a big hoopla and dramatic outfits.

I assume you don't believe Black History Month is necessary either?

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Daycares are businesses, they are free to operate as they choose. If you don't agree with it, find somewhere else.

I don't understand how pride is an inappropriate topic. I have a kiddo with same-sex parents in my toddler class and the kids don't have seem to have any trouble understanding that Larla has two mommies and as it turns out, we haven't needed to discuss sexuality at all. Because aside from teaching consent and bodily autonomy, that is not something that children that age are ready to learn. But can they learn to celebrate differences and celebrate love? Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would you object to this?

Because complaints at my daycare got Mother's Day taken away.

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Op I would find another daycare. But that's just me.

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Ridiculous. Taking an adult topic and trying to put it on kids. Let kids be kids. Where is this daycare? Is it private, co-op, other? So you have a means for feedback? I would let them know you are not pleased. You are the customer.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Inappropriate.

and yes I like gay people blahblah.

Sexuality is not a topic for daycare.

Lol- they're not discussing sex positions! Most daycares in this area will have kids with gay parents. This is nice, in my opinion, that they're celebrating Pride.

And what exactly will they tell the kids they are celebrating? So ridiculous.

Families?

Love?

The fact that you can marry whoever you want?

Being true to yourself?

Kids celebrate all sorts of things they don't understand. It's how families and cultures transmit values. My kid celebrated his first Christmas at 9 months old. The only thing he understood was that the paper was pretty but mommy wouldn't let you eat it. He sang "Happy Birthday" to his Grandpa with glee, long before he had understanding that people were born. And he can wear a rainbow, and know that the day is important, even if he only has a vague understanding that it has to do with Uncle Billy and Uncle Jack, or marriage, or whatever. But later, when he's 15 and trying to figure out whether his mom is someone he can talk to about his own questions about his own sexuality, he'll have the security of knowing that his parents are deeply committed to gay rights, in small part because they still have that picture of him in his rainbow Tshirt in preschool in the photo album.

Hmmm I was about to post that I thought this was inappropriate, but this well-written post has made me re-think that. Thanks, PP! That said, I do think it's something hard to actually *explain* to a child. I had a hard enough time explaining MLK to my 3-year-old, and that's even something she can SEE (as in, she sees different skin tones, knows her parents have two different skin colors, etc.) I don't really know how I'd explain that people love differently, when she doesn't even really understand the concept of love other than a familial-type thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you object to this?

Because complaints at my daycare got Mother's Day taken away.

This is sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm tell them it is celebrating love. This is not a big deal.

It's a huge deal. Kids will be celebrating something they have no concept of. That's not fair.
the child has to either know exactly what pride is about, or be left out of it until he is old enough to know.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm tell them it is celebrating love. This is not a big deal.

It's a huge deal. Kids will be celebrating something they have no concept of. That's not fair.
the child has to either know exactly what pride is about, or be left out of it until he is old enough to know.

What do you tell them when daycare is closed for Memorial day? Labor day? How about other "celebrations" at school (e.g., we have "color days where the kids where a different color each day).

Tell them it's a celebration of all kinds of love, like Valentine's day.

This should not be a big deal...at all. It is WONDERFUL that they are exposed to a unifying concept early in life. Prejudices are not innate, they are taught.

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Do the public school systems officially celebrate PRIDE too?

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Anonymous wrote:Is it appropriate to wear rainbows to Preschool? That is really the question. The question is when is it not okay to wear rainbows in preschool. Come on people.

Right? It is always appropriate to wear rainbows to preschool.