Friday, March 9, 2007

Explaining polyamory to kids

How do you explain your polyamory attitude towards kids? They receive the basic pattern of kid-mom-dad everywhere. Schools tell them mam and dad get married and have children. In the recent past our social surroundings have gotten aware of divorse as a "normal" part of family life. Holebi relations are also getting into the acceptance phase. But polyamory seems to be far from that point. It seems more difficult to become accepted as "polyamorous" than to be accepted as "gay" -- although they too have had their struggle and are not generally accepted yet. In short, the world does not accept polyamory yet. So how do you tell your kids you are in love with more than one person, without putting a stygma on them as being the kids from those weird parents?

I do not have the answer. Do you?

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