I'm guilty of raising a 'colour-blind' child. I remember being very pleased about this when she was about 6. Someone knocked on the door. 1
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But this would now be seen by some as a terrible failure on my part not to bring her up with an awareness of race. This makes me sad. 4
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Didn't teach her about diff sexualities either.She just knew most ppl had opposite sex partner, some same sex. Homophobia bewildered her. 5
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??? Fetishes are a gay thing & related to parenting?
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Nah. LGBTs don't own exhibitionism either. Can reasonably object to public sex but more straight ppl guilty
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...other fiercely. What she is, though, is 'colour-couldn't-give-a-shit'. There's no value judgment involved.
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That's equally good. My daughter thought 'black' meant black hair & pointed out black ppl aren't black but brown.
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Yes, mine's like that too. She likes comparing her own skin tone to mine (she's English rose).
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Mine's nearly 13 but still not into appearances at all. I'm sure it will come.
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Yours sounds fab. I hope mine never does

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I'd actually quite like to help her buy clothes & experiment with make-up & hairstyles!
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Ha! I'd be crap at all that. I'm a bad role model for all things hair and makeup. 7's never even seen me wear the latter
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My 7 isn't colourblind - kids in her class like comparing skin tone in the way they'd compare hair colour, and they love each..
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I hope you checked her privilege.
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