Henry: "Yeah."
Jack: "Did you know that two men can be a family and have a baby?"
Henry: "Yeah. I know that."
It was a very nonchalant conversation and it made me proud of the lovely boys I get to call my sons. I'd also like to thank Modern Family! When my son was asking about two men loving each other a couple of weeks ago, I was able to site the men from Modern Family with their baby as an example and it made it very easy for him to understand.
My husband and I both enjoy the show though normally our children wouldn't watch it. For whatever reason they've recently seen a couple of episodes and most of it goes over their heads but they've gotten to see the dynamics of different families in the modern age, and I'm all for that.
I love that two men or two women loving each other is already an okay concept for them. I don't ever want them to grow up believing that it's wrong to be gay, or that it's okay to persecute or bully people whose life has worked out differently to the 'norm'.
*I know we could have the same sex marriage debate. I know that technically in Australia and many (most?) other countries around the world, the law does not allow gay marriage to be recognised legally. My husband has said before that when they ask if a man can marry a man, or a woman marry a woman, that I should say, "No" because legally they can't. At their age though, I think that would be confusing and more likely to make them think that being gay is wrong, because the law won't recognise it.
I'll end with a picture of our family (minus husband/Dad who couldn't make it on our school holiday trip). This was taken when we went with my youngest brother and his family to watch a 'Horsemanship Spectacular' last weekend outside of Hervey Bay.
A big cheers from our modern family to yours, whatever form it may take.
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