Posted on 05/16/2016 10:30:40 AM PDT by mainestategop
On Friday I shared why I was feeling a bit bitchy, bigoty, and conflicted click hereAs a basic recap, my son's kindergarten class had a new intern last week: a male who appears to be transgendering, in desperate need of a training bra, and wearing drag-queen quality makeup. Writing the post on Friday was cathartic, and I had basically come to the conclusion that my son would probably not notice the things I did about the new intern and that any discussion on my part would be more harmful than helpful.
I was wrong. He did notice it and brought it up Friday afternoon during a play date with his little "girlfriend." The kids had been swimming and while drying off were sitting at the kitchen table playing a round of Monopoly Junior. Halfway through the game, my son excused himself to the restroom and then reappeared sans swimsuit and sporting just a pair of shorts. I told him he needed to put on a shirt, to which he asked why - his friend wasn't wearing one. She was wearing her swimsuit; however, arguing with a 6 year old can be futile, and I told him simply a boy doesn't walk around shirtless in front of girls.
I ended my decree with saying basically "girls dress like girls, and boys dress like boys - put on a shirt." However, he came back with his own logic: "Not all the time - sometimes boys dress like girls." I was startled and asked why he thought that. He said, "You know like the guy who painted my foot today at school - he dresses like a girl." [The intern had been helping the kids with a project to make hand and foot prints on pillowcases.]
So he did notice. I changed the subject and ended the discussion in front of his friend; however, later we had "the talk." It was short and sweet because my son said no way he was ever going to wear makeup, to which I said he never had to unless he decided to become an actor or it was Halloween and he wanted to wear makeup.
But I did explain that there are some men, although very few, who do like to dress like women and wear makeup. I ended with telling him he nor I may truly understand why this young men liked to dress this way; however, one thing was clear. Wearing makeup was how he felt comfortable and that we didn't have to understand it but could respect it. Basically, I told him to have the attitude of "you do you and let me do me" and we can all get along well in this world.
I fell into the political correctness trap in a way because my son is too vocal and has a frail filter when it comes to sharing his opinion about things. Had I told him the way the intern was dressing is wrong, which I believe it is wrong to force his preference on young innocent children, there is a good chance he would have returned to school this morning and confronted the intern, perhaps resulting in a visit with the principal, something we have miraculously avoided so far this year.
This is the world we live in. It’s sad that we have devolved to this point. Our children will be exposed to this in school. And will be compelled to accept it as normal.
Wrong. Kids' intellects and ability to draw conclusions may not be as developed, but their perceptions of what they see are probably more accurate than adults'. So she does need to help this child form an appropriate attitude. And it wouldn't hurt to "help" the principal and the school board, either. Oh, and start homeschooling.
...transgendering, in desperate need of a training bra, and wearing drag-queen quality makeup.....
Not that long ago, someone looking like that would be escorted off campus, with the school princioal refusing to subject the pupils to such perversion.
“I’m a boy, I’m a boy, but my ma won’t admit it.”
We homeschool and don’t have television. But my wife still decided it was time to tell our seven year old that if you see the wrong person in the bathroom, that person is likely half crazy, don’t say anything, just LEAVE!
“Not that there’s anything wrong with that”...
It’s next.
Could, but shouldn't. It is wrong to accept mental illness as normal and healthy, and it is a parent's duty to teach his child the truth.
Pervs, murderers, Satanists, drunk drivers and arsonists should just do their thing, right? Kumbaya!
Son - See that man right there?
He has mental issues. He thinks dressing up and acting like a woman will solve those issues.
He is wrong. This is will not help him. Stay away from him.
There were many reasons we homeschooled, but one came from my very first parent teacher conference with our oldest child’s kindergarten teacher. He was a pretty nerdy quiet kid(kind of miss that stage!!) so I wasn’t anticipating any problems. I was wrong-she was very upset about one thing and made it quite clear that we needed to address it. He quoted the bible as it relates to morality. This was an older church going woman, but said it absolutely must not happen again. Ever.
Kindergarten kids are observant and quite literal so will comment on situations that don’t match their worldview. With transgenderism their innocent comments could bring reeducation to the whole family.
I would not want to be having this talk. If I tell them the truth they will get in trouble in school. And, if I make it up they will not truly be informed. What to do? What to do?
I would have told him that the little boy in question is sick, and that he should have help. But that is not the son’s responsibility. However, modeling oneself after a sick person simply means that one becomes sick himself. And you don’t want to become sick, do you?
as I always said to my daughter when she was growing up and facing me with her world - “there are some things my mom never told me about” (starting with the Bill Clinton / Monica affair and what they were “doing”)
“and I told him simply a boy doesn’t walk around shirtless in front of girls. “
Uh....what?
Schools deliberately and intentionally expose kids to this kind of thing. The reason is that they want to make kids reject the value system they learned from their parents and accept the new leftist “value system.”
I guess we have to Give her a break. After all, She’s “feeling bitchy, bigoty and conflicted.”
I hear you. But as the Christian-defending legal firms have established again and again, the First Amendment prohibition against establishing a religion pertains to the government, and not to the pupils’ freedom of speech. Many schools have been stopped from persecuting children by a letter from the Alliance Defending Freedom or the Liberty Council. Just another reason why the Zero administration wants to seed musim indigents into every community in the country — to silence Christians’ freedom of speech, so that no child will be able to comment about his or her religion in school so that the school can claim that the child was making a hostile environment for other pupils. Except, or course, if the child speaking is muslim.
This is all about sexualizing children.
They are being denied an innocent youth, and forced to deal with things they shouldn’t.
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