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[quote=Anonymous]Two mom family here who also lives on the eastern side of MC and doesn't understand why it's considered "dreaded".  I think that the PP who says that kids don't know which parents belong to which kid is so totally wrong.  Every kid I've ever seen from preschool on knows which parent belongs to which kid.  Being someone who lives with this, I also think that those parents who think that everyone is totally supportive in the greater DC area and no one blinks an eye at same sex parent families are wrong too.

My experience is this.  If your kid is a kid who tends to get teased, then having same sex parents will be fodder for teasing - as will many things including if you are fat, have a crappy car, send your kid with weird things for lunch, etc.  If your kid is a kid who makes friends easily and doesn't tend to get teased, it will come up and whether it becomes fodder for teasing will depend on how your child reacts.  In the younger grades, kids tend to think it's the best thing ever to have two moms but they sometimes ask really personal questions that kids of opposite sex parents don't get - like which mom had you in their belly and how can two moms have a baby.  As they get older, it's the characteristics of the parents that make a difference (like if your parents take you cool places, if your house becomes the hang out house and you serve great snacks, etc., then kids think your kid has cool parents).  Regardless, it does come up and sometimes in some not so nice ways.  And, while espousing that it is wrong to tease about it, you will not see schools have anywhere close to the same reaction as they would about teasing say over skin color.

I think the issue is that you have to equip your child to answer what comes their way and do your best to make sure you have the kind of relationship with your kids that they come to you if/when something bothers them.

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