- With our world being diverse in many different venues, our children are subjected to many facets of life. Let's start with families, there are two sets of families at my current job that are homosexuals. Both families are female, however there used to be a gay couple who brought their children as well. Children who grow up to be homophobic are children who were never taught about gender and sexuality or given a chance to create their own opinion. In this weeks media presentation, one example of bias was when the children were playing doctor and the girl wanted to be a doctor, but one of the children said she couldn't because only boys were doctors. This is just a small example of how children view the world around them. Another example I have, in my classroom my students love to comment on colors and how some are boy colors and some are girl colors. They say pink is for girls and blue is for boys, well when babies are born that is the common colors we see them in, blue boys and pink girls. The narrator in the media segment stated, "One of the most helpful ways to respond to a biased comments is to ask why the child thinks that" (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011).
Your response to those who believe that early childhood centers should avoid the inclusion of books depicting gay or lesbian individuals such as same-sex partnered families.
- Children are a open book, they want to know all they can and ask lots of questions, as they should. How can children learn if we don't teach them things about life? The truth is homosexuality has become big and there are many families who are same sex partners. Children have the right to make their own choice when they get older, so it is our job to educate them on those choices, whether heterosexual or homosexual, they have the choice. It would be on the same lines of black history, taking black history out of curriculum or history books when teaching about history. Black history played and still plays a huge part in American history, children need to know how society handled biases, prejudice, and racism.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2011). Start seeing diversity: Gender [video webcast]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_3465515_1%26url%3D
