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Originally Posted by Livia

'Pride' is a great thing for adults and long may the celebration continue, but forcing it on a school? Surely the message should be inclusion and not separation? Being gay doesn't make you different from the rest of society.

Yeah that was my thought that I was struggling to communicate... Adults understand the issue and persecution of homosexuals so "Pride" in an adult context is a great thing. But when it's young kids who don't yet really question or judge same-sex couples, does something like this - having a special event to tell them that it's OK / perfectly normal to be gay - not just plant the idea that some people MUST think that gay people are abnormal, in order for there to be an event stating that its normal?

Like if I sat down to a nice bowl of cornflakes and opened the paper and saw a huge press release saying "HEY EVERYONE! There is absolutely nothing wrong with Cornflakes!" my immediate thought would be "oh **** what are people saying is wrong with cornflakes?"

I have no idea if that makes sense.

But anyway... Yeah... For adults who have a grasp of the general situation - and even older kids - it would be great but it's just confusing and unnecessary for younger kids.

So if it was a high school, great. Even if it was specifically put together for the older kids say 9+ (when this stuff starts to become relevant), it would probably be valuable. For 5 year olds though? I think it just demonstrates a misunderstanding of how young children's minds process information and social etiquette. It assumes that kids are just like "little adults", when they're simply not.

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Yeah that was my thought that I was struggling to communicate... Adults understand the issue and persecution of homosexuals so "Pride" in an adult context is a great thing. But when it's young kids who don't yet really question or judge same-sex couples, does something like this - having a special event to tell them that it's OK / perfectly normal to be gay - not just plant the idea that some people MUST think that gay people are abnormal, in order for there to be an event stating that its normal?

Like if I sat down to a nice bowl of cornflakes and opened the paper and saw a huge press release saying "HEY EVERYONE! There is absolutely nothing wrong with Cornflakes!" my immediate thought would be "oh **** what are people saying is wrong with cornflakes?"

I have no idea if that makes sense.

But anyway... Yeah... For adults who have a grasp of the general situation - and even older kids - it would be great but it's just confusing and unnecessary for younger kids.

So if it was a high school, great. Even if it was specifically put together for the older kids say 9+ (when this stuff starts to become relevant), it would probably be valuable. For 5 year olds though? I think it just demonstrates a misunderstanding of how young children's minds process information and social etiquette. It assumes that kids are just like "little adults", when they're simply not.

Yeah that was basically what i tried to express earlier too and got shot down