Mimi's Moms

Autor/in	Kilman, Carrie
Titel	Mimi's Moms
Quelle	In: Teaching Tolerance, 52 (2013) 43, S.50-51 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-2847
Schlagwörter	Homosexuality; Consciousness Raising; Educational Environment; Parent School Relationship; Family Structure; Social Attitudes; Social Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homosexualität; Bewusstseinsbildung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung
Abstract	Before Michelle Hatchell and her partner, Liz, sent their child, Mimi, to school for the first time, the family sat down and created a script. "What can you say," Hatchell prompted, "if someone asks if you have two moms?" They sent Mimi's teacher picture books depicting families with two mothers. And they met with the principal, requesting Mimi be placed in the same classroom as another child with same-sex parents. In a 2012 study titled "Playgrounds and Prejudice," researchers from the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network asked a national sample of elementary-grade teachers if they included LGBT examples when teaching about family. Eight of 10 said no. This is alarming news for the 7 million LGBT parents who have children in U.S. schools. Veteran K-3 teacher Erica Eide explains, "If a child doesn't see their family represented, it creates a disconnect and interrupts their learning." (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Southern Poverty Law Center. 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104. Tel: 334-956-8200; Fax: 334-956-8484; Web site: http://www.tolerance.org/teach/magazine/index.jsp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10