really worried about social acceptance...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Live in Bethesda (Ashburton, North Bethesda, WJ), and my children and I know plenty of 2 mom and 2 dad families. Really nbd!

Same in our Bethesda neighborhood (Wyngate, North Bethesda, WJ)

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Anonymous wrote:*Montgomery County is accepting as a whole and we've been here 20 years now

Kids running around in blackface doesn't seem that accepting to me.

I'm not sure how to tell you this, because it seems like something your mom should have taught you as a child, but there are always--always--- a small percentage of fools in every large group. There will never bee 100% homogenous views in a large population. That doesn't negate the overwhelming majority. Life isn't black and white

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While I agree it was an odd post.. our experience with DD's friend who is LGBTQ is that it's a non issue in Bethesda/Potomac but when our kids go to an activity in Takoma the families there make a big deal out of it and make it something that is more celebrated. The families of straight friends will ask said friend about pride events and go out of their way to tell them how supportive they are. There is a difference.

You mean that your kid and their friend show up for a soccer match in Takoma or whatever, and people fall over themselves? I mean, that's a claim, but it's not at all in keeping with my experience parenting a LGBTQ+ kid in Takoma Park.

So, folks can take your word as a friend of a friend who sometimes comes to Takoma Park for activities, or mine as a resident of Takoma Park personally parenting a queer kid. People are accepting, but also pretty blase given that half of the AFB teens in Takoma Park identify as some flavor of LGBTQ+.

Thanks for the insight! What is AFB?

Assigned female at birth.

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Anonymous wrote:Pot, you are calling the kettle black. I think you need to look in the mirror!

Many of us in the WJ suburbs, including our family, don't care about your socioeconomic status, who you love, or the color of your skin. As long as you are kind people with a good moral compass and raising decent kids, no one gives a flying f*** about those things you seem so worried about.

So people there don't really care but they just happen to pay hundreds of thousands more for a home in an area to ensure their children attend a segregated school?

OMG! What MCPS policy prevents people from moving into certain neighborhoods? Please let us know so we can have this changes asap!

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Anonymous wrote:Pot, you are calling the kettle black. I think you need to look in the mirror!

Many of us in the WJ suburbs, including our family, don't care about your socioeconomic status, who you love, or the color of your skin. As long as you are kind people with a good moral compass and raising decent kids, no one gives a flying f*** about those things you seem so worried about.

So people there don't really care but they just happen to pay hundreds of thousands more for a home in an area to ensure their children attend a segregated school?

It's a lovely day, PP. Why don't you go outside and enjoy it, instead of staying inside to pick fights with anonymous posters about reasons people might buy a house in Bethesda?

And before you pick a fight with me: DCUM thinks my kid's schools are in Ganglandia.

Well you don’t pay for a “good” school district if you are so blasé about the SES of your child’s classmates.

And given that there have been 0 gang related incidents at. any MCPS school in years that's just fearmongering.

How many have there been on school grounds or involving kids at those schools? Quite a few. Just because no one has been murdered during Algebra doesn't make schools with a gang problem safe. MCPD has an MCPS gang taskforce that monitors a handful of schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Pot, you are calling the kettle black. I think you need to look in the mirror!

Many of us in the WJ suburbs, including our family, don't care about your socioeconomic status, who you love, or the color of your skin. As long as you are kind people with a good moral compass and raising decent kids, no one gives a flying f*** about those things you seem so worried about.

So people there don't really care but they just happen to pay hundreds of thousands more for a home in an area to ensure their children attend a segregated school?

OMG! What MCPS policy prevents people from moving into certain neighborhoods? Please let us know so we can have this changes asap!

Please try harder next time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*Montgomery County is accepting as a whole and we've been here 20 years now

Kids running around in blackface doesn't seem that accepting to me.

I'm not sure how to tell you this, because it seems like something your mom should have taught you as a child, but there are always--always--- a small percentage of fools in every large group. There will never bee 100% homogenous views in a large population. That doesn't negate the overwhelming majority. Life isn't black and white

Because there have been so many incidents like these at the segregated school, I think it's clear there's a problem there.

[Anonymous]

We live in Potomac, in a neighborhood that is probably more conservative than some others in Potomac (we are not conservative, but have many neighbors who are). The one two mom family I know in our neighborhood have lots of friends and seem to be quite happy here. Their kids have lots of friends and the family in general gets invited to things and does not seem to have problems fitting in.

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Anonymous wrote:Pot, you are calling the kettle black. I think you need to look in the mirror!

Many of us in the WJ suburbs, including our family, don't care about your socioeconomic status, who you love, or the color of your skin. As long as you are kind people with a good moral compass and raising decent kids, no one gives a flying f*** about those things you seem so worried about.

So people there don't really care but they just happen to pay hundreds of thousands more for a home in an area to ensure their children attend a segregated school?

OMG! What MCPS policy prevents people from moving into certain neighborhoods? Please let us know so we can have this changes asap!

Please try harder next time.

What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did you pick that area? Agree that Takoma Park/Silver Spring might be better. I would only live there if I worked in Bethesda and could afford to

Fixed it for you

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Anonymous wrote:Pot, you are calling the kettle black. I think you need to look in the mirror!

Many of us in the WJ suburbs, including our family, don't care about your socioeconomic status, who you love, or the color of your skin. As long as you are kind people with a good moral compass and raising decent kids, no one gives a flying f*** about those things you seem so worried about.

So people there don't really care but they just happen to pay hundreds of thousands more for a home in an area to ensure their children attend a segregated school?

It's a lovely day, PP. Why don't you go outside and enjoy it, instead of staying inside to pick fights with anonymous posters about reasons people might buy a house in Bethesda?

And before you pick a fight with me: DCUM thinks my kid's schools are in Ganglandia.

Well you don’t pay for a “good” school district if you are so blasé about the SES of your child’s classmates.

And given that there have been 0 gang related incidents at. any MCPS school in years that's just fearmongering.

How many have there been on school grounds or involving kids at those schools? Quite a few. Just because no one has been murdered during Algebra doesn't make schools with a gang problem safe. MCPD has an MCPS gang taskforce that monitors a handful of schools.

According to the county there have been zero incidents in years so the rest seems like fearmongering but I have read about the drug busts at Churchill so guess that could be gang related.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*Montgomery County is accepting as a whole and we've been here 20 years now

Kids running around in blackface doesn't seem that accepting to me.

I'm not sure how to tell you this, because it seems like something your mom should have taught you as a child, but there are always--always--- a small percentage of fools in every large group. There will never bee 100% homogenous views in a large population. That doesn't negate the overwhelming majority. Life isn't black and white

Because there have been so many incidents like these at the segregated school, I think it's clear there's a problem there.

There are no segregated schools in the USA. It was made illegal decades ago. Try harder.

[Anonymous]

You will be very comfortable in Bethesda (Whitman cluster).

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Anonymous wrote:Pot, you are calling the kettle black. I think you need to look in the mirror!

Many of us in the WJ suburbs, including our family, don't care about your socioeconomic status, who you love, or the color of your skin. As long as you are kind people with a good moral compass and raising decent kids, no one gives a flying f*** about those things you seem so worried about.

So people there don't really care but they just happen to pay hundreds of thousands more for a home in an area to ensure their children attend a segregated school?

It's a lovely day, PP. Why don't you go outside and enjoy it, instead of staying inside to pick fights with anonymous posters about reasons people might buy a house in Bethesda?

And before you pick a fight with me: DCUM thinks my kid's schools are in Ganglandia.

Well you don’t pay for a “good” school district if you are so blasé about the SES of your child’s classmates.

And given that there have been 0 gang related incidents at. any MCPS school in years that's just fearmongering.

How many have there been on school grounds or involving kids at those schools? Quite a few. Just because no one has been murdered during Algebra doesn't make schools with a gang problem safe. MCPD has an MCPS gang taskforce that monitors a handful of schools.

According to the county there have been zero incidents in years so the rest seems like fearmongering but I have read about the drug busts at Churchill so guess that could be gang related.

A quick Google search turns these up.

https://wjla.com/news/crime/md-teen-accused-of-stabbing-pregnant-girlfriend-facebook-post-details-suspects-anger

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/news/ms-13-member-found-guilty-in-killing-of-gaithersburg-teen-parents-divided-as-mcps-relaxes-rules-on-cellphones

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/how-montgomery-county-is-combating-gang-violence/2227398/

https://www.wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/local/gang-recruiting-seen-as-early-as-elementary-school/409171264

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There are no segregated schools in the USA. It was made illegal decades ago. Try harder.

De jure segregation was. De facto segregation wasn't. As I'm sure you know.