25/10/2026
Call out shi behaviour in your kids. Because to know better is to do better. Or as I often say, you don’t know what you don’t know. And that’s okay, when you do, you can turn your steering wheel a little to the left and keep on driving. Yesterday at the zoo a kid was making slurs out load about his brother being gay. And I mean yelling them out with the intent to embarrass him. And look, this kid was most likely Hunter’s age, and trust me, the things he says because he doesn’t understand the context can be eye opening. But with a little explanation around why we don’t say those things and what words or expressions are better is an easy fix IMO 🤷🏼♀️ needless to say, five minutes later the boy was running to his Dad because he got a blood nose (no I don’t think his brother punched him it just happened) but as Hunter said, “karma got him ) and actually with him saying that made me proud, because he understands that using the word gay as a derogatory term is never okay.
Make sure you’re having open conversations with your kids, not driving it into them but just flowing conversations where someone’s sexual orientation is what it is. It’s not a stand out point. And also call out behaviour like I witnessed today. Chat about why they used that language, where have they heard it before? What’s a better way to express how they feel. Kids are the future and have incredible neuroplasticity, meaning what we teach them matters!