I'm looking for some opinions on a new policy I want to have in place. I am all about equal opportunities and introducing children to diversity. As a mother I raise my children in a very anti-oppressive way. While I am a very opinionated person, I find myself to be very open-minded and encourage my own children to be accepting of people without oppression. I would like to make this the basis of my daycare by introducing a lot more anti-oppression based themes, learning equipment and toys. I know some of these things will be welcomed when it comes to race and religion but wanted to not omit things like sexuality if I am going to do this 100%. I have wanted to do this before but obviously its a concern that some parents will not be comfortable with it. I however want to be true to myself in the way that I run my daycare while trying to respect a parents choice on what they teach their children. When someone says the word sexuality surrounding early education it can be recieved badly. For example, I only mean to teach children from such a young age that it is as normal to have 1 mum and dad as it is to have 2 dads, 2 mums or any other alternative. The earlier children are taught these things the more accepting they are of people from all different walks of life and IMO thats how we, as caregivers, will raise a better next generation of adults. I could exhaust the list of things included in an anti-oppresive policy and learning outline, but I simply want to teach the daycare children to genuinely view everyone equally from a young age.

I welcome feedback, ideas, suggestions and opinions on this subject. Thanks