When are we going to understand that we must teach our children better than we were taught. We can show them hate and discrimination. I don't care what your views are, it is vital to become open minded once you become parents and start influencing someone else. If your child is a little brat who does not respect other's choices and makes fun of people… YOU did that. If your child goes to school and makes fun of someone for their clothes, or toys, or hair, or backpack… or whatever, YOU are responsible. It is on you when that other child goes home and cries to their parents or even worse, ...
It is also on me to teach my children that some people are just close minded, ignorant, assholes ;-) I shouldn't have to be like this, but from day one i have been forced to. From the time he was 2 and wanted his nails painted to now when he is 8 and still plays with barbies. Every time he says he isn't a "normal" boy, I am there to remind him that there is no "normal" and he is a wonderful person. My child is sweet and loving and caring and would do anything for anyone and does NOT deserve to be made fun of, ever. No child does.
Parents it is up to you… can you guarantee that your children would never make fun of another? I can. I absolutely can. If there is one thing I have tried to get across to my son it is this. He knows how it feels. He is made fun of regularly. Every time he tells me I feel so powerless - I can not make your children understand that it is wrong to make fun of people. All I can do is make sure mine knows that he will always be accepted by me. Home is is safe place and I build his confidence so high that when someone does say something hurtful to him he can easily brush it off, knowing that he is better than those comments.
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