Daycare celebrating PRIDE. Appropriate?

[Anonymous]

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?

Don't. Let the daycare handle it. Tell your kid they can pick out their favorite color shirt to wear if you want or don't. It doesn't matter much. Kids that age won't really care.

The whole concept of pride can be what someone else posted - happy and proud of who you are. That's something that little kids can grasp. Or they can teach them about the colors of the rainbow.
Other than that, little kids neither know or care about pride month.

[Anonymous]

This is pretty easily explained if you have any non-straight friends or family members that your 4yo knows. “Daycare says you can wear extra rainbows because in June, it is Pride Month, which is a celebration for people like Uncle Rich or Amelia’s moms because there are people who don’t think it’s okay to have 2 moms.”

Unless you are actually not okay with people having 2 moms, like the bigot above. No one needs to talk about sexuality.

[Anonymous]

Yeah it’s weird and most people agree but you can’t do anything about it.

[Anonymous]

Are there really not same-sex parents at this daycare or in your child’s life at all? This is a nothing-burger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah it’s weird and most people agree but you can’t do anything about it.

It’s not weird and most people do not in fact agree with you.

[Anonymous]

Totally fine to celebrate pride at daycare and I like the wedding idea.

I feel conflicted though because our center started reading books to the kids on being transgender and how it’s ok and how to tell your parents. They books were on the wall celebrating Pride month. I asked the teacher and she said it’s important for inclusion purposes. No other parent seemed upset so I dropped it. My DD is 3.5 so it just seems young for that conversation.

Because someone will ask or not believe me, the books were Jack not Jackie and My Shadow is Pink.

[Anonymous]

There are children of LGBTQ people at your daycare. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there is little meaning doing it at a daycare. Why encourage young kids who can't grasp the concepts associated with pride?

And for the employees. To state the culture of the daycare and let parents who are not supportive know they are welcome to go elsewhere. I love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Don't. Let the daycare handle it. Tell your kid they can pick out their favorite color shirt to wear if you want or don't. It doesn't matter much. Kids that age won't really care.

The whole concept of pride can be what someone else posted - happy and proud of who you are. That's something that little kids can grasp. Or they can teach them about the colors of the rainbow.
Other than that, little kids neither know or care about pride month.

I think it’s a fantastic opportunity to tell your 4 year old that not all families have one mommy and one daddy. Some have two mommies or two daddies. Some have one mom and a kid or a dad and a kid. You’re wearing rainbows to celebrate families looking all different kinds of ways, and especially the two moms or two dads ways.

My family is just me (a mom) and my daughter, and there is always one kid in her class who DOES NOT BELIEVE that she doesn’t have a dad. Can’t believe it. Insists that he’s somewhere. My daughter will eventually hit your child with info about her sperm donor if you haven’t prepped your child first about families coming in lots of different forms so go for it, OP.

[Anonymous]

Of course it’s appropriate! Lord have mercy.

[Anonymous]

Oh my. 4 year olds do not understand marriage, gay or otherwise. They think it means love. Do any of the posters concerned about this even have kids? My kids want to marry me or their dad, or their siblings, or the dog. Which, are like literally the only people we tell them they can't marry. There is zero way that a daycare celebrating pride is going mean anything to them, other than rainbows.

[Anonymous]

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.

This is unrealistic. The LGBTQ community is under attack and their rights are not a given. We need to celebrate and uplift them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it inappropriate? Do you think it's ok for your kid to bully the kids who have 2 moms or 2 dads? What about parents from 2 different races?

Do you think your 4 year old is going to start having sex now or something? What exactly are you bothered about OP?

These are in no way equivalent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is unrealistic. The LGBTQ community is under attack and their rights are not a given. We need to celebrate and uplift them.

What rights do LGBTQ people not have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Say it's rainbow day. BFD.

Exactly