Will I be Teased?

Teasing children based on parents sexual orientation

In two years time our son will be off to kindergarten. A new journey will begin and several new obstacles will arise. However, one in particular seems to be brought up in conversation in regards to our sons education. Will he be teased because we (his moms) are gay?

This really starts at home. If the wife and I raise our son to be confident, proud, loving, kind, and himself I think having two moms won’t be an issue. However, there will be parents who don’t agree with two moms or two dads and will ultimately project this upon their child or children. This hatred will be brought to the schools and when word gets out that any child has two moms or two dads the teasing might start. It isn’t right and I certainly don’t condone it by any means, but it is a fact of life.

Hopefully though with the way society is slightly changing, being gay isn’t so frightening as all the straight people really thought it was after all. We’re all just like you. Boo!

What happens when our son comes home and says someone was mean and teased him because he has two moms? What will we do? Honestly, what I would like to do and what I would do are two differently things.

First option which is bad, I would like to yell and scream at the parent for ever creating such a terrible thought into a child and not allowing them to have their own opinion.

Second option which is good, I would like to go to the class and inform the students that is okay to have two moms or two dads. Explain that it is okay and nobody deserves to be teased because of this sort of thing.

Third option which doesn’t really solve much, transfer schools. If we transfer schools he could end up facing the same issue again and again.

If all parents would just nip this “gay bashing” in the beginning than the teasing in the schools and even at home could stop. It is a vicious cycle and how can anyone really live life afraid to be themselves?

In a perfect world everyone would just get along and nobody hate anyone. No perfect world exists and it probably never will.

All we can do is raise our son the best way we know how and hope he grows into the right kind of man, whichever kind of man that may be.

Blog by Melissa Chandler