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Way Out Parenting: Can Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis, and Gerard Butler teach your children about gay culture?

Submitted by Way Out Parent on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 8:22pm.

In What Can Julie Andrews, Glenn Close, and Kyra Knightley teach your children about gay culture?, we learned that certain movies are rich with potential lessons about our gay culture. But what if your children don’t want to watch those particular movies? What if they are only interested in action films—the more violent the better?

Way Out Parenting: What can Julie Andrews, Glenn Close, and Kyra Knightley teach your children about gay culture?

Submitted by Way Out Parent on Sun, 05/18/2008 - 10:13am.

Way Out Parenting: Even Hannah Montana can teach your children about gay culture

Submitted by Way Out Parent on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:16pm.

Positive gay-world connections can be made in the most unlikely places—if you’re creative. Here are some ideas to get you started. And remember, there’s no such thing as over-consumption of television programming as long as you can make it educational.







Way Out Parenting: Gay Idioms You’ll Need to Teach Your Straight Children—Part III

Submitted by Way Out Parent on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 7:04pm.

In Part I and Part II, we saw that gay idioms present various challenges for your straight children. But mastering them offers big payoffs too.

Way Out Parenting: Gay Idioms You’ll Need to Teach Your Straight Children—Part II

Submitted by Way Out Parent on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 7:21am.

In Part I, we learned that your straight children are second language learners when it comes to the language of your gay heritage, and we learned how hard it is to master the idioms of a second language.

In this part, we’ll look at another obstacle your children face—and that is developmental readiness.

Way Out Parenting: Gay Idioms You’ll Need to Teach Your Straight Children—Part I

Submitted by Way Out Parent on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 9:25pm.

As a full-fledged member of the gay culture, you are fluent in the rich language of your heritage. But sometimes you forget that you are bilingual, and you lapse into your gay language at home. This can cause great consternation for your straight children who are listening and don’t understand.

Second-language acquisition research has shown that idiomatic expressions pose the biggest challenge for second language learners. Your children desperately want to share your special language, but like all second language learners, they take your idioms literally.

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