Raising Opie and his sister in the most wholesome town in America
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
That's my little rainbow boy
OPIE: Where TJ's two moms? [TJ is the neighbor kid.] ME: One of them is right over there. OPIE: Where TJ's TWO moms? ME: She is at work. OPIE: Okay. *wanders off*
We have a same sex couple in my daughter's preschool class. Not a big deal, we never even think twice about it.
But then my daughter kept telling me she was married to one of her friends. I was just getting tired of her talking about this girl NONSTOP.
I started to say, "No honey,marriage is between a man and a woman." You know, because she has a mom and dad. And I had to stop myself and instead said "No honey, only grown-ups can get married."
Would you believe that I have made the acquaintance of a two-mom family here? I've got hope for this suburb yet.
ReplyDeleteWe have a same sex couple in my daughter's preschool class. Not a big deal, we never even think twice about it.
ReplyDeleteBut then my daughter kept telling me she was married to one of her friends. I was just getting tired of her talking about this girl NONSTOP.
I started to say, "No honey,marriage is between a man and a woman." You know, because she has a mom and dad. And I had to stop myself and instead said "No honey, only grown-ups can get married."
How things change!
At J's daycare there is a same gender couple. It took me quite a while to "get it" so to speak.
ReplyDeleteI do not think the kids really notice too much or remark too much. But we also have a mom who chose to have a child on her own via semination.
Living in Alabama, you don't see too many same-sex families. I think we need to move.
ReplyDeleteOMG~ I am soooo slow or it is just late at night for me to be thinking.
ReplyDeleteI thought we were referring to mom and step mom.
Because there are a lot of those here too! ;)
Wahoo! I love it! I love how some things just won't seem strange to our children. How entirely refreshing.
ReplyDeleteNo two mom families here in TEXAS... imagine that?!
ReplyDeleteCute story though :-)
Huh. Mom and Two-Mom. Interesting take on it. I thought it was always Mommy and Mama - or some such.
ReplyDeleteThey are Mom and another special mommy-ish nickname ... it was just Opie's way of trying to say "the other one."
ReplyDeleteI like how he worked that out.
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