Same sex marriage education at pk/k at gds

[Anonymous]

my dd is in k at gds. today she asked me whether she should marry a man or a woman. She said her classmate has two dads so she thinks she can also marry a woman. I am not against same sex marriage, but gds taught prek/k about same sex marriage. Do you think it is too much or am I overreacted?

[Anonymous]

Your daughter's thinking has nothing to do with whatever the school teaches. It has to do with learning there are lots of options and lots of ways to make a family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my dd is in k at gds. today she asked me whether she should marry a man or a woman. She said her classmate has two dads so she thinks she can also marry a woman. I am not against same sex marriage, but gds taught prek/k about same sex marriage. Do you think it is too much or am I overreacted?

It is a private school. If you have an issue with the curriculum take it up with them.

[Anonymous]

Your DD doesn't "think" she can marry a woman. She *can* marry a woman, if that's what she wants to do when she grows up. That's the world she is growing up into. You might be excited that her school is actually preparing her for the future, not the past.

[Anonymous]

One of two moms here, with kids in PK. I can't exactly teach my kids to pretend one of their parents don't exist, so their friends know they have two moms. GDS may have had nothing to do with it. And FWIW, I assure you that no one decided a sexual orientation based on those of their friends' parents. You have a 97% chance that she'll marry a boy, so I wouldn't worry too much.

Best to your family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your DD doesn't "think" she can marry a woman. She *can* marry a woman, if that's what she wants to do when she grows up. That's the world she is growing up into. You might be excited that her school is actually preparing her for the future, not the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of two moms here, with kids in PK. I can't exactly teach my kids to pretend one of their parents don't exist, so their friends know they have two moms. GDS may have had nothing to do with it. And FWIW, I assure you that no one decided a sexual orientation based on those of their friends' parents. You have a 97% chance that she'll marry a boy, so I wouldn't worry too much.

Best to your family.

[Anonymous]

Since my 3 yo DD thinks that mommies make girls in their tummies and daddies make boys in their tummies, and knows that Uncle A and Uncle B are married, she has no problems saying some babies have two mommies and some babies have two daddies.

[Anonymous]

Your kid thinks that because she is too young to have developed prejudices.

[Anonymous]

You're overreacting. She's simply learning about the world around her. Please don't freak out and pull her away. This is exactly how prejudice is learned.

[Anonymous]

Do you know if this conversation was around something the teachers shared with the class or class curriculum? My daughter is the only kid with two moms in her pre-K class. I don't think the teachers have ever done anything like talk about different kinds of families, but if one of the kids asked "Does J really have two moms?" they would say yes. I agree with pps, that the kids are just reflecting reality: some kids have two moms or two dads, and kids could grow up to marry a man or marry a woman.

[Anonymous]

She asked you what she should do. I think my response would be "well you are too young to be thinking about marrying anyone. When you are old enough to get married you should marry someone you love and someone who loves you. Whether or not that is a boy or a girl will depend on who you love or don't love when you are an adult." I don't think she is probably old enough to process much more than that...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of two moms here, with kids in PK. I can't exactly teach my kids to pretend one of their parents don't exist, so their friends know they have two moms. GDS may have had nothing to do with it. And FWIW, I assure you that no one decided a sexual orientation based on those of their friends' parents. You have a 97% chance that she'll marry a boy, so I wouldn't worry too much.

Best to your family.

*doesn't exist

[Anonymous]

You should have known that going in at GDS. You'd probably be more comfortable at one of the several other privates that teacher love and compassion for everyone without explicitly addressing issues like same sex marriage in PK/K. I voted for same sex marriage in MD when it was on the ballot, but I'm not sure this is an issue I want my school to address to specifically cover with my 5 y/o. I've pointed out that some kids have two mommies or two daddies, but prefer that that type of discussion is between our family, not the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should have known that going in at GDS. You'd probably be more comfortable at one of the several other privates that teacher love and compassion for everyone without explicitly addressing issues like same sex marriage in PK/K. I voted for same sex marriage in MD when it was on the ballot, but I'm not sure this is an issue I want my school to address to specifically cover with my 5 y/o. I've pointed out that some kids have two mommies or two daddies, but prefer that that type of discussion is between our family, not the school.

First, OP hasn't said if the school addressed it or it came from the kid in the class with two dads (though it seems like the latter). And second, even if a school addresses it, there's almost no chance it would go further in the PK class than what you've just described: some kids have two moms or two dads. End of story.