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Originally Posted by xepherys
On that note, if I ever heard my son making racist comments, I think I'd lose my sanity on the spot. I have no reason to believe such a thing would occur, but man...
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My son repeated some homophobic crap he heard in the school yard (he was in grade one I think). We had a little conversation about why he thought gays were bad. He didn't really know why other than man shouldn't "be" with other men. When I pointed out to him that our neighbours, "Glen and Luc" were gay, you could hear his brain clicking away.
"But they're just friends."
"Yes they are, but they are also very much in love with each other. They are gay."
More brain clicking and thinking. "Oh. I didn't know that."
It was kind of fun to watch a life lesson sink in with such profound force. To watch him balance what he'd heard in the school yard with his own personal experience -- his personal experience won the day.
It's one of the great things about being a parent.