This makes me proud (of you and him) and sad (for him), all at the same time.

This past week we had The Day of Pink, where the kids are asked to wear pink as an anti bullying thing. Anyways, a lot of kids don't own anything pink, so I get some pink ribbon at the dollar store, and let any kid in my Grade 1 class who wants to wear pink but doesn't have any pink clothes pin some ribbon on instead.

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Disagree. This isn't about celebrating their Christian faith, this is specifically about being hostile towards their LGBT peers. Here's a good definition of hostile learning environment from the University of Michigan:

They only had info on my mom. I was trying to explain to my mom about how a sense of continuity affects the development of your personality and she acted like having no knowledge of your origins is a perfectly normal state for a person to be in, but the way that you react as if its unfathomable not to know except in…

Pretty much. I know in UK social work there was a LOT of debate about that shift.

Here's an interesting topic on so many levels. I was adopted by my grandparents, and I look just like them. However my adoptive parents do foster care, and currently have a family of 3 native/hispanic children in their care.

I don't know too much about the matter, but I think people are at least able to choose based on race. An adoption agency isn't going to adopt out a kid to a family that doesn't want him for whatever reason. (race, age, gender, disability, whatever)

Yikes, you're getting some crazy ignorant comments. I'm glad to hear you're putting a lot of thought into it. My cousin was adopted transnationally and transracially and has struggled somewhat. I think less so due to being black in a family of white people and more due to living in a very white and racist place. That…

My cousin recently adopted an adorable child of color and has faced the criticism from plenty of people of color. But, you know what? That child was seven years old, and had been in the system since she was 9 months old. Maybe my cousin is "robbing her of her culture," but she's also giving her a roof over her head…

About 5 years ago I was in WeHo about to go into the Abbey when a super fancy car pulled up. I don't even know what it's called cause it's so expensive you either need to be rich or a car person to recognize it. My friend, being the latter, commented "Ugh that car is worth more than my life". A bunch of pretty people…

My celebrity encounter occurred at the airport. It was at the Little Rock airport when I was 7 or 8. I was not a "cool" kid and I was really REALLY into watching 60s and 70s tv (this was the late 90s, btw). So I was at the terminal waiting on my cousins to get off the plane when this short, older lady with jet black…

I insulted Prince...and he liked it. Short version - We were at one of his concerts that was a fundraiser for some charity. The venue held 30,000 people but only 5000 tickets were offered for sale. For some reason, Prince and the band arrived two hours late. (Unknown to us, the air traffic control system at the…

When I was four I was in OHare airport with my parents on the way to Salt Lake City. This was 1986. A man in a gold glittery suit walked by with a bunch of other men. I broke from my parents and ran after him. I grabbed his knee and was immediately picked up and handed to my parents by the other men. That golden man…

Friend of mine was high school friends with Neil Young's son, Ben, who happens to have cerebral palsy and is wheelchair-bound. I'd hear of his friend from California many times, and know about his CP, and how he travels with assistants, etc, but never knew about who his dad was. My friend told me that Ben was going…

and also for hip hop abs

The best is when she is one clone impersonating another clone. It will be close to the "real thing", but just a bit off.

RIGHT??? Allison and Felix are just fantastic together.

Helena.

Tini, why did you leave out Helena? I think she deserves to be in the running too.

I never would have thought I'd say this because she's possibly the least likely I'd want to hang out with or aspire to be like (except Helena, of course), but Alison is my favorite performance of hers - she's just so delightful to watch, every mannerism is genius with that one. I'd be more likely to hang with Cosima…