[TomC]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

What's the problem with telling kids that some families have same sex parents and others don't? That's literally all there is to it but teaching that to kids can save lives because it normalisses homsexuality and gives gay kids something that they have often gone without, a feeling of acceptance and security in who they are.

Exactly.

Originally Posted by parmnion

The kids don't need patronised to this extent...little Johnny is still going to get bullied in the playground if he says he used to have a dad that's now demanding to be called mum...


All its doing is pointing out further things for school bullies to pick on someone for. Cause it makes that child feel like he or she can speak about it...the bully is always perched.

In the same way, this education normalises differences to bullies, rather than ‘pointing out differences’. The prejudice that bullying is based on almost always starts at home, and this kind of education actually brings the class together, normalising the issue.