hello,im new here and wanted to say hello.
and I also was curious to how everyones children deal with your family situation? our 6 and a half year old son doesnt really understand totally,when he has heard us talking about having a wedding,he said u cant marry a girl.I had a talk with him and said ''yes you can,it depends where u live,but even if u cant marry legally,u can have a spritual wedding,which is just as important,and leaves u just as married''our 10 year old girl isnt phased one way or another,and our 9 year year old girl is very into equal rights for gay people,if she sees or hears anything negative,she gets really upset,and is very strong willed that those people are stupid,and love is love..and we are all the same despite skin color or love preference.her intelect on the subject always amazes me.has anyone had any experiences with the way your kids react?
My kids are all too young to know any different. This is their normal. When other kids challenge them (you can't have two moms), they just say, "yes you can, because that is what I have". We are all they know...
Our 7 1/2 year old is very protective of his family....if anyone has the guts to say anything bad about his mom's he will put them in their place...when he was in kindergarten (age 5) they were asked to draw a picture of their family and one of his female classmates made a comment that his family wasn't a real family and oh boy did she get an earful from him...from there the teacher spoke to the student and the parents about acceptance...it was strange because this child's parents know us well and are totally accepting and were mortified to hear what their daughter said...they couldn't apologize enough..they even apologized to Ian...
I think my son will always be proud of his mom's as we are just as proud of him!!! He had to answer some questions for an event where he is judging a competition this weekend...the first question he had to answer was "What would you like to share about your family?" His answer is "How much I love my mom's!" This is going to be said over the loudspeaker at an event with over 165 people in attendance at our synagogue this weekend!! I think it is going to make me cry!!! How about that kind of acceptance??
Jennifer
Our kiddo is only 3 and with all the issues she's had up until this point I'm not really sure what her view of her family really is. She was shuttled between households a lot up until she landed with us close to a year ago... she calls us by our names and finally started calling our house home (which was a BIG step for her)... we haven't really discussed our relationship with her... when she starts to ask questions I'll be happy to answer them, but until then she's got enough to deal with. At this point I think she's just starting to understand that she can live in one house all the time and the people that live in that home all love her no matter what... sure the therapist will have us discussing it sooner or later... ugh... I hate therapy.
That will no doubt be awsome! Congrats!
Quoting doodles181:
Our 7 1/2 year old is very protective of his family....if anyone has the guts to say anything bad about his mom's he will put them in their place...when he was in kindergarten (age 5) they were asked to draw a picture of their family and one of his female classmates made a comment that his family wasn't a real family and oh boy did she get an earful from him...from there the teacher spoke to the student and the parents about acceptance...it was strange because this child's parents know us well and are totally accepting and were mortified to hear what their daughter said...they couldn't apologize enough..they even apologized to Ian...
I think my son will always be proud of his mom's as we are just as proud of him!!! He had to answer some questions for an event where he is judging a competition this weekend...the first question he had to answer was "What would you like to share about your family?" His answer is "How much I love my mom's!" This is going to be said over the loudspeaker at an event with over 165 people in attendance at our synagogue this weekend!! I think it is going to make me cry!!! How about that kind of acceptance??
Jennifer
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on Jan. 23, 2012 at 11:23 AM