Having "the talk" with your kids

submitted by teacherterf from (self.GenderCritical)

I have two preteens, a boy and a girl. They know about puberty and how babies are made; they're pretty gender-conforming but have plenty of GNC adults in their lives. They haven't "learned" about gender identity in school or from any of their adult relatives, but I suspect it's just a matter of time before they're exposed to the ideology, on the internet if nothing else.

Has anyone talked about this stuff with kids that age? What worked, and what didn't? It's hard enough to know where to begin with adults.

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[–]JasonNecks 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A chemist is someone who understands the rules and behaviors of matter on a deep level, not just how individual chemicals react with each other.

Likewise, the only way to truly protect your children from foolishness is to teach them to be wise in a general sense, not just individual examples of wise beliefs.

But aside from that, I would convince a child of something in pretty much the same way that I would convince an adult of something. With reasonable, fair points. Is there someone who you know to be reasonable/not gullible/open-minded/able to think clearly about politically touchy topics? Imagine what you would say to them to convince them.

I often see people who weight arguments as strong that I don't think are that strong. With that in mind, I advise you to be self-critical and really think hard about whether your argumentation is well-formed. Don't just speak off the top of your head.

There are a lot of guidelines for how to think and communicate clearly and effectively, I can't really list them all here.