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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

What is important more than anything is that they are loved. Who cares if it's 2 moms or 2 dads? Who cares if they're divorced and a single mother or father?
You'll find same sex couples everywhere - Potomac, Sidwell etc.[b] It's not GDS, it's reality and there's absolutely nothing wrong. 
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Actually, some of us think there is.[/quote]

[b]And you are on the wrong side of history[/b].  But seriously, if your young (ages 4-6) child had a friend with 2 moms or 2 dads and had a question about it, how would you respond?[/quote]

I've always loved this line. As if this is how we should base moral decisions. I'm sure in 1938 Germany, people were telling non-Nazis that they were "on the wrong side of history" as well.

But since you brought up a more serious question....

My first response is to do or say nothing. When DD was 4, she really didn't even notice this difference about one of her friends/ classmates. She played at the child's house and "Miss X" or "Miss Y" were always around but frankly, I don't think she caught the difference between most other houses where, say, a mom and nanny were also home all the time. She's a little older now and the friendship with that particular child has faded somewhat because of a move, so we're really not in as much contact. With my older kids, it has only come up briefly. I have said – briefly, without a lot of fanfare -- that yes, there are families that are constructed in this way (two moms/ two dads) and that I personally do not approve of it, but that the people are lovely and should be treated as such. So far, that's been the extent of it.
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While I do not agree with your position against same sex couples and marriages, I do respect your opinion and think others should as well. I fear if we don't start respecting each others opinions on social issues that we will only see more of a divided nation. [/quote]

Thank you. I appreciate that and of course I respect your opinion as well. Sadly, though, I'm afraid that this attitude is in the minority, as witnessed simply by the postings here. Clearly, there are people who love to take personal offense at everything that in any way varies from their personal thought on any subject. I truly wonder how these people get through the day.[/quote]

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