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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids practice everything through play with their friends. [b]These children are mimicking and trying on regular acts of racism and sexism. They are expressing the norms they see and feel around them.[/b] They have less finesse and subtlety than adults, so it comes out like this.

Social norms are stronger than any one family's values, so you have to openly fight this at every turn to stand a chance. [/quote]

Absolute nonsense. These kids are not stupid. They know very well what the "social norms" are -- they have been propagandized since kindergarten (and even before) that "racism is the Worst Thing Ever, sexism is bad, blacks and whites are equal, men and women are equal". They get these messages relentlessly, not just from school but from the media, church, etc., as well as from their family. Stop pretending that we live in a 1950s racist patriarchy, because it is risible bullshit. In fact, you should be [i]happy[/i], because social norms are [i]reinforcing[/i] your family values, not contradicting them.

The problem is that these teens are [i]rebelling[/i] against social norms and family values, not mimicking and expressing them. But gee, who ever heard of teens rebelling against society and their parents?

Or you could be excited that your kids are Challenging the Hegemonic Discourse! Because they are.[/quote]

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