We're almost done with this topic, I promise.
There was one final concern to address -- namely, that it's doing your children a disservice to drag them along on your polyamorous forays to the fringes of society. In other words -- or so the conventional wisdom would have it -- it's hard to grow up feeling like your family is "different."
I'm not going to argue.
Growing up with polyamorous parents might cause a child to experience some social discomfort. In this respect, it's much like growing up with gay parents, or parents of two different races, or disabled parents.
Or, come to think of it, fundamentalist parents, poor parents, vegan parents, immigrant parents, foster parents -- just about any family dynamic that puts a kid outside of the mainstream.
I don't mean to make light of the potential difficulties here. I'm just trying to say that this is hardly a damning indictment of polyamory. If anything, it's a damning indictment of intolerance.
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