Kids normalize gay relationships

Tonight, I was reading the paper while my kids were playing games on the floor. At first they played Monopoly. Then, they switched to Life. There was some discussion about college vs not not going. Next, it was time to marry. My son chanted that he was going to get a wife. My daughter announced she was marrying gay.

The game proceeded apace. My daughter got some girl babies and said the Monopoly moms were happy for their girls. My son did not seem to acquire any babies before the game abruptly ended with a mutual declaration of having enough of this and the inevitable plea for a a movie.

We took the kids to Provincetown this summer for Family Week. In part, I missed Ptown where I and we, my partner and I, had vacationed many a-time pre-kids. We wanted to show them families like theirs as well as enjoy Ptown in a family friendly environment. We had gone on an R Family vacation (Rosie O'Donnell's ex-girlfriend's company) when the kids were almost 4 and it did wonders for normalizing their family to them. The Ptown trip did the same thing.

I am glad my family is normal to my kids and has been normalized by them.