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Clare Davidson-Sherman, the adopted daughter of Karen Davidson-Fisher, has "several mommies" -- her biological one, her adoptive protect's former partner who has joint custody, and now Davidson-Fisher's legal spouse.
The 8-year-old has come face-to-face with bullying in her Omaha, Neb., celebrated school. One of her third-grade classmates used a derogatory and "sing-songy" get into condition as she taunted, "Clare has lesbian moms!"
"She was upset," said Davidson-Fisher, a 39-year-old former nutty health therapist. "But the teacher talked to the kid. There are at least three kids in my daughter's birth who have same-sex parents. It's something that needs to be taken care of."
Since then, bullying hasn't been an point for Clare.
Now, the first survey of its kind, "Playgrounds and Prejudice: Elementary Coach Climate in the United States," reveals that homophobia is pervasive in simple schools and, unlike Clare's school, most teachers do little to put in one's oar.
At this age, bullies use words to attack those who are different, but if not curtailed early, on guard advocates, verbal teasing turns to violence at the middle group and high school level.
Source: ABC News