When my kid was 8YO, she told her classmate, “my mom is trans. He used to be a girl but now he’s a boy.” (Which is true). Her classmate responded, “I don’t think so.”
Anyways we went to her school’s yearly fair.
The next day, her classmate comes up to her and is all “OH WOW! I didn’t believe you but then I saw your mom! You were telling the truth!”
Just shows that children are just not naturally hateful, bigots will always say “think about the children”, but the children are always so amazed when they learn about things like trans people, they won’t hate them unless you tell them to.
Yes, for sure! Another common reaction my daughter gets when she explains I’m trans is “Oh… So anyways do you think Pikachu could beat Emolga?”
Like adults will say “think about the children!” But the children don’t think about it at all 😭. They don’t care. They accept it and move on with their lives, as if you told them why the sky is blue. It’s just information.
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u/notagirlonreddit 13d ago
When my kid was 8YO, she told her classmate, “my mom is trans. He used to be a girl but now he’s a boy.” (Which is true). Her classmate responded, “I don’t think so.”
Anyways we went to her school’s yearly fair.
The next day, her classmate comes up to her and is all “OH WOW! I didn’t believe you but then I saw your mom! You were telling the truth!”
Kids are adorable.