Making Friends

Making friends never came naturally to me, I'm super awkward and honestly kind of a jerk. I can only tolerate people who can put up with my sarcasm, dry sense of humor, and annoying habit of talking too much, in other words it's really hard for me to make friends! Callie is also having an issue making friends, but for a totally different reason, it seems like all the parents in her preschool have brain washed their children into thinking transgender is a bad thing. I have literally had parents pull their kid away from mine when they're playing it's getting a little ridiculous. We have decided to homeschool her and my daughter, Brooke, this upcoming school year, but that doesn't help with the friends issue. She so badly just wants people to accept her for her and I really don't see that as a bad thing. She's going to be starting soccer soon and that brings up a lot of issues as well, does she join the boy team? Does she join the girl team? I feel like if she were to join the girl team she would be able to make friends fairly easily, no one would have to know she was transgender they would just see her as a little girl. If she were to join the boy team, well to be honest she probably just wouldn't go through with playing. Due to the fact our state doesn't have transgender rights she will most likely be placed on the boy team, unable to make friends, unable to play soccer. It's sad that because our state refuses to have transgender rights my four year won't be able to make friends, it's even more sad to think if they had transgender rights she still would struggle making friends. No matter what law is in place my kid will always be a second class citizen, she will be labeled, bullied, and so much worse. I think the big problem I have with the fact my kid will be treated this way is clearly those little four year olds in preschool are being taught that it's ok to treat someone like this. Kids don't just wake up one day and hate someone for something like this, they have to be taught that transgender is wrong to think that way-hence my kids knowing the truth-and we as parents need to teach them from the moment they are born that EVERYONE is equal. We need to start showing our kids that love is stronger than hate and that even if you don't agree with someones views you can still be friends. I'm not saying we need to tattoo rainbows on every child in America, but we definitely need to start teaching our kids the importance of acceptance.