Would you want your child to learn about same s*x couples in school?

Question

DO YOU FEEL THAT IT IS THE SCHOOL'S JOB TO EXPOSE OUR CHILDREN TO SUCH LIFESTYLES OR DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PARENTS SHOULD TALK TO THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT? IF A SCHOOL DID INTRODUCE THAT SORT OF SUBJECT OR BOOK TO YOUR CHILDREN, WOULD YOU BE UPSET? WHY OR WHY NOT?

Answer 1

I would definately be outraged that this is being exposed to my children. That is something that the parent decides when and how to explain to their child. Who knows how the school system thinks about same s*x couples, they could be giving my child information that is completely the wrong way i would teach my child. Heck no!

Answer 2

No I wouldn't be upset. Love is love.

I did teach my child about it but I wouldn't be upset if they talked about in school.

It's not like these kids don't know anyway-not now a days.

No one should be ashamed about who they live and what life they choose to lead.

As far as the *ss who said a comment about interrracial couples as a parent of a interracial child-f off

Answer 3

I honestly wouldnt care if school wants to talk about g*y couples or not. I'm sure by the time my daughter is school age she will already know they exist, I don't see what harm exposing them to 'such lifestyles' is going to do, I mean do you want your kids walking around wondering why those two men are holding hands? There are g*y people everywhere, its not like you can hide your kids from them!

Answer 4

I wouldn't care - my kids are already aware of it.

If parents are trying to bring their kids up ignorant, I absolutely think it is the schools' job to educate them that not all families are the same (as if any kid over the age of about four hasn't already encountered a non-two parent family anyway). If parents don't want that, as far as I'm concerned they can pay for their own education system.

I simply don't think it's a big deal. Do kids think it's odd if a family has just a mum or just a dad, or if grandparents live in the house as well, or if non-related people rent a house together? No. So why is it an issue?

Answer 5

It won't matter for me, I'm not the type of person to shy away from things like that.  If it's a fact, I'll tell them as much as appropriate for their age.

Answer 6

Absolutely NOT!  That is a subject and conversation that should be left for the parents to handle.  Homosexuality and same s*x couples isn't something that can be taught at school in an hour.  

I don't agree at all with homosexuality.  It's just doesn't line up with my beliefs. But I'm in no position to judge them.  So I don't.  Besides everyone deserves to know and be loved.

I would not allow my kids to take this class it the school implemented it.  I wouldn't be outraged or put up a stink.  But I do feel that my husband and I want to and will be the ones that talk to our children about this, and s*x education for that matter.  Not a school.

Answer 7

I'm 13 and I wouldn't care in the slightest if someone started talking to me about that. It's not that I am g*y or anything, it's just that I have absolutely nothing against homosexual people. It should be the parents' choice though, whether they want their children knowing of same s*x couples. Because in schools, teachers may encourage it and the student may be straight, and also the parents' may not want their children to be learning this curriculum. I wouldn't be upset if my children were learning of this as it is society.

Answer 8

not in school, if I knew this was going to happen I would be inclined to talk to my children myself, then tell the school that your kids will not be attending the class,but instead of your children finding out from other kids they can say they already know, it also depends on how you feel about the subject

Answer 9

NO NO NO!!!  It's bad enough that it is shown in the media all the time.

Answer 10

If I had children I would not want it taught in s*x-ed. I think I would rather talk to them about it personally if they had that desire. And I would let them make their own choices.

Answer 11

whether we want kids to learn about ANY kind of s*x at school or not....they do.  It's always been that way.   They will learn it from their friends at school (mostly misinformation) or they will be taught it by their teachers.  I have no objections to children having factual (unbiased) information.  Statistics prove that parents have historically missed the boat in this department.

Answer 12

Not sure - how old are they?

Me personally wouldn't mind.  They get taught s*x ed and other subject matters that you may not agree about, so why not this?  Same s*x couples are becoming more and more "out there" and more acceptable nowadays.  Only the old school folk have a problem with it.  

Answer 13

There are certain things that quite honestly I don't think the school needs to be teaching in place of the parents. This is one of them. I find as a teacher and someone who has experience in both public and private education systems that it is mostly the public schools that teach things like this as part of what they title "character education".  I don't know what same s*x families have to do with character traits though.

Since my husband and I live in an area where both private and public schools seem in abundance to choose from we'll probably be choosing a private school that meets good academic standards and that has similar beliefs to my husband and I so this shouldn't be an issue. If it were to come up I'd be in a conference pretty quickly with the principal and teacher in question about why it was taught at all in the classroom. Schools need to stick to teaching math, reading, writing, science and history and the like and not controversial subjects that families have so many differing opinions and views about.

Answer 14

I don't think it's a bad idea however I think as parents we should talk 2 our children first. If u don't want your kids knowing about the real world pay for their education elsewhere.

Answer 15

My children have already had that in their Citezen (PSE) lessons at school, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. In communities where, yes, we do have lesbians and g**s, don't you want your children to understand that, not turn into a horrible person who goes around shouting 'oooh, that blokes kissing his mate? what a poof' etc?

Also, they are actually really usefull in that if, and I'm not saying they are, but if your child was maybe g*y, wouldn't you want him to know about it rather than struggling about it on his own?

Schools do these lessons for a reason, and you may be annoyed, but I bet when they introduced s*x-ed onto the curriculum people were annoyed, but now it's just one of those things we take for granted that our kdis learn.

Answer 16

It depends on the age. Truthfully, because we live in a heteronormative society if homosexual relationships were talked about it would be looked at in a "s*x lens" while heterosexual relationships woud be looked at as the "norm". I taught my children about homosexual relationships at an age where they were already privy to what s*x was between a man and a woman, immediately after I told them of same-s*x relationships they asked me how two men could possibly have s*x with one another...I told them how and they were disgusted. I would have a problem with a teacher teaching the intercourse aspect of homosexual relationships to my children and would prefer to teach them THAT on my own.

Answer 17

I think that this quirk of nature should be left to the parents to explain. Some g*y teachers may try to glamorise the unnatural relationship between same s*x couples.

Answer 18

I'd rather them introduce them to same s*x couples than interracial couples.... but hey that's me...

Answer 19

If i had children i wouldnt be upset, i would want them to be open minded to everything because there going to see that there is loads of different types of people in the world so why not be taught about it in school than being confused about it when then get older.

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Answer 20

I think I'd be okay with it...I don't have kids yet, but I like to think that I'd be up to at least broaching the subject with them and then letting school handle the rest, and then answering whatever questions I could at home.  

Answer 21

No, I wouldn't be upset about it.

If they are learning about family, relationships etc in school, then same s*x couples should also be included.  I definitely don't see it as being bad in any way.  

There will be children who do have same s*x parents, and they will feel excluded if examples of families/parents are always shown as a man and woman.  

If children are taught about these things at an early age, there will probably be less ignorance and prejudice.

Answer 22

If a book was introduced to my kids while in school  about the same s*x .. i would be very upset about it.. but i would try to have a long serious talk to them and make it known that its going on in this world and its more open now more than ever..that way if they seen it.. they wouldnt be totally lost and confused.

Answer 23

Personally I think the parent should discuss those matters to their children. I'm turning 16 and if my school did that, I don't think it'd be appropriate.

Answer 24

I would be very upset. Thats a pearsonal issue. And if their learning about it in school there probaly talking about it in school.  

Answer 25

Nope I wouldn't be upset because one of their uncles is a part of a "same s*x" couple.  

Answer 26

Three of the children in my daughter's class last year have L*****n parents. And although there was never any formal discussion about that fact, at least not that I know of, my daugher knew that these children had two moms. And I think that is just fine. They are great kids, and their moms are great as well.

I wish that there were more references in school to families that are not considered the "norm." I would like to see more stories, or toys, or posters, or whatever that represent diverse families. Whether some parents "condone" homosexuality or not, the reality is that there are thousands of children out there that have parents who are homosexual. Do you want schools and teacher to just pretend that their families don't count? Or don't exist? Are your values such that you would risk making a child feel shamed about his or her family?

Family is family. And every child has the right to feel like his or her family is a good, safe, happy thing. That is what I want my children to know, so I am absolutely fine with their school exposing them to "such lifestyles" (whatever that means).

Answer 27

no i think it is wro ng. teachers should be teaching about ABC's and 123's and all that other "Good" stuff. its the parents job to teach their child about ANY kind of s*x.. anything that involves to people being intimate should only involve the child and their parents. i would go talk to the principal and ask other parents that have children attending that school if they think it's right, then a group of you guys go you there and tell the principal that u think it is very inappropriate for school

Answer 28

nah I wouldnt want nobody teaching my child about that type of thing I would rather explain that to her myself  to much of that going on out here now and days for them to be learning about that if they could teach that then they should teach them about God and that against schools policy

Answer 29

Sure, it's my job to teach my kids about same-s*x relationships.  It's also my job to teach my kids about religion and race and gender and history and the abcs.  But I've no problem with the school talking about such things, too.  I don't know how you discuss world history without talking about g**s.  Do you just skip that part of the Holocaust? Do we want the kids to be baffled about what's going on when state legislatures are considering legalizing same-s*x marriage? When major religions are splitting over differences regarding homosexuality? I'd think an educated kid is a kid who at the very least can understand current events (not to mention his neighbors across the street).

Answer 30

I'd be fine with it. Chances are some of the kids my son is going to school with have same-s*x parents and I think it would be horrible to exclude those children and act like talking about their parents is "forbidden" at school. I want my son to know that all families are different and we shouldn't look down on anyone or be afraid of people who are different from us. If the school can back me up instilling that in him then I think it's great.