Why is the assumption by these people that there is a sexual component required in the explanation? Age appropriate explanations are easy.
“Know how some families have one mommy and one daddy? Some families have two mommies or two daddies instead.”
If the kids ask about the actual mechanics of procreation they are old enough to hear something like:
“Some couples adopt or they find someone to have a baby with who helps them make a family.”
Was there any need to mention surrogacy or donors? No. Kids don’t need to oversexualize queer people. Adults don’t need to over sexualize queer people! When people are sheltered from our existence until they are in their early teens they tend to think of gay couples as explicitly just sexual relationships rather than romantic or family building ones that are as dynamic as straight relationships because they were introduced to them as a sexual mechanics first kind of way. It’s dehumanizing.
Why is the assumption by these people that there is a sexual component required in the explanation? Age appropriate explanations are easy.
“Know how some families have one mommy and one daddy? Some families have two mommies or two daddies instead.”
If the kids ask about the actual mechanics of procreation they are old enough to hear something like:
“Some couples adopt or they find someone to have a baby with who helps them make a family.”
Was there any need to mention surrogacy or donors? No. Kids don’t need to oversexualize queer people. Adults don’t need to over sexualize queer people! When people are sheltered from our existence until they are in their early teens they tend to think of gay couples as explicitly just sexual relationships rather than romantic or family building ones that are as dynamic as straight relationships because they were introduced to them as a sexual mechanics first kind of way. It’s dehumanizing.