Health Education Unit: Family Life and Human Sexuality

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most opt-out folks know that their kids will hear about it from their peers. This isn't up for debate.

What opt-out folks are saying is that they would rather be the authority on the subject vs a middle school teacher.

Seems reasonable.

Seems like parents who feel insecure about their authority and are worried that their kids will believe a middle-school teacher instead of them.

That could be a reason as well.
If you know that you may not agree with the content and just have to correct or provide some nuance to the conversation, why invite that unnecessary conflict.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most opt-out folks know that their kids will hear about it from their peers. This isn't up for debate.

What opt-out folks are saying is that they would rather be the authority on the subject vs a middle school teacher.

Seems reasonable.

seems unreasonable - scientific facts vs religious kooks

No one even mentioned religion. People opt-out for a number of reasons, but religion is as valid as any other. No biggie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most opt-out folks know that their kids will hear about it from their peers. This isn't up for debate.

What opt-out folks are saying is that they would rather be the authority on the subject vs a middle school teacher.

Seems reasonable.

Seems like parents who feel insecure about their authority and are worried that their kids will believe a middle-school teacher instead of them.

That could be a reason as well.
If you know that you may not agree with the content and just have to correct or provide some nuance to the conversation, why invite that unnecessary conflict.

"Unnecessary conflict" suggests you're worried the kids will believe the teacher instead of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP, trying to thread the needle.

I am not, in this instance, terribly concerned about someone outside the family but in a position of teaching authority being a provider of information of that nature for my children. I did review the parent-facing information, and I discussed the matter with parents of older children who had taken the class to be comfortable with that.

However, I would not want to impose on others by assuming their own comfort with such at their school or with a particular teacher with whom they may not have the familiarity to be comfortable. In a case where a family would not want that third party to be imparting such information (for whatever reason), does MCPS make available the teaching curriculum so that a parent/guardian might be that non-peer provider, not leaving a student ignorant among their peers?

You can reach out to your child’s counselor or the school Principal to find out what the curriculum covers. Schools and McPS usually invite parents to review the curriculum before it’s taught. If you don’t want teachers to be sharing this info Opt your kid out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you opt your child out of the Family Life and Human Sexuality unit offered at middle school? Just received an opt-out form from the school...

I wish they wouldn't allow opt-out. Even middle school kids need to be informed. It's just to important to allow rampant ignorance.

I would agree with you if they stuck to the facts but they are introducing gender ideology which is on par with a religion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most opt-out folks know that their kids will hear about it from their peers. This isn't up for debate.

What opt-out folks are saying is that they would rather be the authority on the subject vs a middle school teacher.

Seems reasonable.

seems unreasonable - scientific facts vs religious kooks

Facts like what a woman is?

[Anonymous]

Lovs that the people opposed to their kid learning tis content can't name one example of something in the content that is harmful to learn about. Such snowflakes.

Guess what: opting out of the unit won't stop your child from being exposed to someone that you think is a woman but who self-identifies as a man.

[Anonymous]

Telling your child you're afraid of even hearing this information from school school isn't going to improve your child's opinion of you now or as they get older.
And if your child is that mentally weak, there's no way you're going to protect them from learning this information from all their classmates who know it.

You should be more concerned about your school lying to your child about how many solutions a quadratic equation has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most opt-out folks know that their kids will hear about it from their peers. This isn't up for debate.

What opt-out folks are saying is that they would rather be the authority on the subject vs a middle school teacher.

Seems reasonable.

Seems like parents who feel insecure about their authority and are worried that their kids will believe a middle-school teacher instead of them.

That could be a reason as well.
If you know that you may not agree with the content and just have to correct or provide some nuance to the conversation, why invite that unnecessary conflict.

"Unnecessary conflict" suggests you're worried the kids will believe the teacher instead of you.

Well yeah. Opting out is a great opportunity to avoid that. It's great we have that option.

[Anonymous]

If you're right and the school's wrong, you should be educating your child well enough that they'll understand the school's wrong when they hear it. It will be a good exercise in critical thinking skills and media literacy, to qnalyze the school's incorrect presentation ad understand its flaws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most opt-out folks know that their kids will hear about it from their peers. This isn't up for debate.

What opt-out folks are saying is that they would rather be the authority on the subject vs a middle school teacher.

Seems reasonable.

Seems like parents who feel insecure about their authority and are worried that their kids will believe a middle-school teacher instead of them.

That could be a reason as well.
If you know that you may not agree with the content and just have to correct or provide some nuance to the conversation, why invite that unnecessary conflict.

"Unnecessary conflict" suggests you're worried the kids will believe the teacher instead of you.

Well yeah. Opting out is a great opportunity to avoid that. It's great we have that option.

You're going to need a huuuge snowplow to hide all the world's unwanted information from your children.

[Anonymous]

What are you preventing your child from hearing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're right and the school's wrong, you should be educating your child well enough that they'll understand the school's wrong when they hear it. It will be a good exercise in critical thinking skills and media literacy, to qnalyze the school's incorrect presentation ad understand its flaws.

Ahh yes, so many 7th graders are encouraged at school to disagree with an authority figure on a politicized topic such as gender ideology.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is very advanced and accelerated in at home enrichment. Can my child get high school credit for taking 9th grade Family Life in 7th grade?

Only if they went to WPES first.

No, but you can achieve the credit over the summer. This one time, at Band Camp....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're right and the school's wrong, you should be educating your child well enough that they'll understand the school's wrong when they hear it. It will be a good exercise in critical thinking skills and media literacy, to qnalyze the school's incorrect presentation ad understand its flaws.

Ahh yes, so many 7th graders are encouraged at school to disagree with an authority figure on a politicized topic such as gender ideology.

This may shock you, but it's possible to think about something without getting into an argument with a teacher about it.