I have been divorced a month and a half. I was sitting on the bed with my 7 year old. They said since you are divorced can you get married? I said yes. They said then why aren't you married? I replied because I don't have a girlfriend or boyfriend. Then they said oh so that means I could have two mom's or two dad's? Yes. They said cool. End of conversation. I'm so proud of them. No confusion. Had that been my sisters or nieces and nephew they would have flipped their shit. I told my ex-husband what our kid said and he replied awesome.
I think it's because you raised your kid right. I think the only reason kids would have to think that one race, gender, or people of certain sexual orientations are lesser are because their parents taught them that.
My seven year old was trying to explain what coming out of the closet meant and my oldest did not understand. She said, "mom is Gaaaaaay!"
I told my girls from very early on that I had feelings for guys before. My 16yo still remembers when I told her how "girls like cute guys, why can't I"? She just accepted it as a simple matter of fact.
My kids have always been very accepting and loving before this came up. I was laying in bed with my little one last night and she asked me when I knew I was gay. I told her there was a time when I didn't know. She said then when did you know? She doesn't know about my relationship with a woman and I don't intend on telling her til she's much older. That was an affair I had while I was married to their dad. I also couldn't tell her that I worked at the topless bar and that was also my first time to realize I like boobs. LOL hopefully I never have to tell her that part. That's also how I met her Dad.
They haven't been hardened by the prejudices of their families/friends/society in general. I know some people attribute it to the parents, good or bad, but parents most definitely aren't the only influencers in their child(ren)'s behaviour (even if they are often the primary ones). I think you've done a great job for your kids to be so accepting, and I think it's something they'll carry with them, even when they meet opposition from other people in later years.
Hatred is a learned behavior. It must be taught. Love, on the other hand, is a default setting. My 8 year old son was more accepting over the whole gay thing than my own mother. Why? Because my mother had prejudices and hatred that she learned in her lifetime, whereas my son doesn't have those.
Agree, the benefits are starting to show. However it appears we are "bumbed down" as we are taught. I believe taught comes from education system and society. Article: We are born creative geniuses and the education system dumbs us down, according to NASA scientists https://ideapod.com/born-creative-geniuses-education-system-dumbs-us-according-nasa-scientists/