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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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So long as actual sex is kept out of it I don't see the issue? Young children should know that same-sex relationships are perfectly normal in the modern world... One would hope that by the time our children are older, it will be a non-issue.
One criticism I might offer, though. A young child simply encountering same sex relationships in the real world probably won't find it odd unless they've been told its odd. My daughter first met a friend of mine and his partner when she was 4; she knew they were together and it didn't register as unusual to her at all. Which is surely how it should be.
Now... By introducing the concept of Pride, you sort of cancel out that effect. By loudly announcing that it's normal, are you not by implication informing young people of the fact that there are people out there who think it ISN'T normal and trigger a whole host of questions? And the internal queation; "Do I think it's normal or not?"
And I do think that's a question better suited to a mind capable of free thinking / analytical thought. Which means no under 11's. Because they literally can't do that, which is something people tend to forget or overlook.
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