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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure, right after that you can explain the abortion debate and the bicameral legistlative structure to the child[/quote]

BTDT.

Who should get to decide what happens with your body?
Me!
Ok, who should help you make decisions?
Mommy and Daddy!
What about the doctor?
Ok, her too.
Anyone else?
Grandma?

Ok, who gets to touch your body?
Me!
Anyone else?
Who I say!
ok, any other people?
When I have medcines... (Plenty of discussions about kids not getting to say no to vaccines just because they hurt, because they are helpful long term)

What can you do?
Everything!
What are not allowed to do?
Things that hurt... (physically, feelings, self and others)
Does it matter what anyone else says about boys do or girls do?
No!
Do you have to do something just because boys do or girls do?
No!

How are we different?
(Looking for language, skin color, gender, visible disability, age, etc and prompting to get at least 2 each time, if it's the same two as last time, prompting for a third)
Is that good or bad?
Yes!
Good or bad?
Good!
How is it good?
(Looking for different likes/dislikes, different things to learn from each other, different things make us unique, differences are fun, differences make us not boring and the same, etc)

Legislative structure and other government organizations are too difficult.  Beginning to understand the foundations for racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, religious arguments, and "the abortion debate" are much more accessible.[/quote]

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