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<< And I'm not so sure

> that those who say great no problem would actually be comfortable

with it

> either if it was their child.


<<I'm not so sure they wouldn't! >>


WOW those two things are hard to read.

I think one person said
I'm thinking some people who said "no problem" WOULD have a problem if it
were their child.

I believe maybe the second person said
You're right, maybe they would have a problem.


But I would not bet even a quarter on it because they were so twisty-turny
with conditionals and negatives that I had no idea which was "yes" and which
was "no."

It's possible for someone to be supportive of someone else doing something
without them actually being willing, able or interested in doing it
themselves.

I don't have a tattoo, but when a teenaged friend got one last week, I said
"Cool."

That didn't mean, "COOL! I SHALL HAVE AN IDENTICAL TATTOO TOMORROW!" It
meant, "I see you like it, and it's kinda cute."

I have friends who think our unschooling is just great for my kids and our
family. They wouldn't do it themselves for various reasons, but they can say
"I think what you're doing is good."

So if someone who isn't brave enough to have one boy with hair to his waist
and another in the same family with a shaved head had said (before Kirby's
haircut last fall) "That's cool that Kirby's hair is over two feet longer
than Marty's" they're not being hypocritical, they're expressing approval or
admiration for courage or a wish they were braver or something.

Some people are so opposed to homosexuality in reality or appearance that
they would prevent their child from giving any hint of even being aware of
it, and even if transgender stuff is shown to be as natural as brown eyes
they will deny it because the Bible says something. And even if a wholly
heterosexual man wanted to wear something pink and silky, it would be called
sin by some people. And if I lived in a neighborhood filled with people who
felt that way, I'd probably be more careful about what my kids wore and did
and said, too. And I'd be cleaning the house to sell it, because my kids are
more important to me than impressing the neighbors is.

Better to have looser neighbors, if that's a doable thing.

Sandra