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Moms Talk: Explaining Gay Marriage to Your Children
As gay marriage is popping up more and more in the news, our moms wondered when is the best time to talk to your kids about it — and how?
Just the other day the Cleveland Plain Dealer posted a story about gay marriage in Ohio. The newspaper said the number of same-sex couples spiked in this state.
In fact, it grew by more than 50 percent between 2000 and 2010.
It got our Moms Council moms' wheels a'turning: If the topic of same-sex couples and gay marriage is so prevalent in the news right now (we're looking at you, New York), is this something that you need to explain to your kids?
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We agreed this may be a touchy subject, so some of you may ask "What's there to 'explain?'" And then others may be on the other end of the spectrum. With that said, we welcome any and all unprejudiced and intelligent insight into this Moms Talk.
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