Teaching Tolerance
We are back from our "moving hiatus" and this week we jump back in with an incident that occurred while we got settled into our new home. Long story short, our oldest son called ReAnna "fat." This lead to the idea of how to teach tolerance to our boys. We go from the initial issue of fat shaming and teaching respect to generally being accepting of others.
We come from very different backgrounds but both have grown to be very inclusive in our friendships. We also have quite a varied family makeup including people of all sizes, races, sexualities, religions, and political views. All this considered, it is somewhat surprising to find that any of our boys would show that sort of behavior, especially towards their mother. We aren't 100% on how to approach this all yet, but it is definitely a lesson that needs to be handled appropriately.
We come from very different backgrounds but both have grown to be very inclusive in our friendships. We also have quite a varied family makeup including people of all sizes, races, sexualities, religions, and political views. All this considered, it is somewhat surprising to find that any of our boys would show that sort of behavior, especially towards their mother. We aren't 100% on how to approach this all yet, but it is definitely a lesson that needs to be handled appropriately.
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