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The reboot ignites important conversations about how to talk to your kids and grandkids about gender identity.

Gilbert, who is also a producer on the show, spoke out to Entertainment Weekly about her character's son, Mark, played by Ames McNamara.

\"He's a little boy. He's based on a few kids in my life that are boys who dress in more traditionally feminine clothing,\" she said. \"He's too young to be gay and he doesn't identify as transgender.\"

Barr said she thinks \"Roseanne\" is addressing issues that aren't being seen in movies and television.

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— Roseanne on ABC (@RoseanneOnABC) March 29, 2018

\"The idea that people can agree to disagree is kind of missing from everything,\" Barr said. \"I think that's a conflict resolution.\"

More of that approach is necessary, she feels.

\"I haven't seen much of that anywhere,\" she continued. \"That's what we need to do as a country is figure out what we don't like, talk to each other and discuss how we're going to get it changed or fixed.\"

She added, \"I really hope that it opens up civil conversation between people instead of just of mud-slinging. I really do because I think we need to be more civilized in that.\"

ABC News' Luchina Fisher and Stephen Iervolino contributed to this report.

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