- allow them to choose their own schooling, learning through exploration and play.
- always be an ear to listen, encourage, and guide.
- answer all questions honestly, and keep them informed of the wider world and family matters.
- constantly have pets around to teach empathy and responsibility.
- constantly remind them they are loved.
- create scrapbooks for them throughout their years.
- do not discipline, but rather re-direct and teach.
- eliminate un-needed gender boundaries and never purchase anything containing "male" or "female" labels as toys.
- encourage participation in chores and keeping the house, yet never force it upon them.
- give them uncommon, yet traditional, names.
- highly encourage, but never force, participation in arts and sports.
- raise them on a natural, organic, vegetarian diet.
- sing songs to them and read traditional nursery rhymes and fairy tales from a young age.
- take them to gay pride rallies and mardi gras.
- take them to numerous places of worship and disallow them to be ignorant about religions.
- travel throughout the world and learn about history through this.
- use cloth diapers, child led weaning, and slings on them as babies.
- visit museums, art galleries, and theaters from a young age.
mar 10 2013 ∞
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