4-6th graders FLE all genders together and more

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

I'm in my 40s and embarrassed about periods and morning erections. Why do you think kids shouldn't be?

[Anonymous]

I think 6th graders are much more mature and further into puberty in general than 4th graders so I don’t see why they would be taught together. I don’t know why they were separated by sex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

I'm in my 40s and embarrassed about periods and morning erections. Why do you think kids shouldn't be?

DP
Think about why you are embarrassed. Serious question. Do you think it would have helped if it were treated more, I don't know, "naturally" when you were growing up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

I'm in my 40s and embarrassed about periods and morning erections. Why do you think kids shouldn't be?

DP
Think about why you are embarrassed. Serious question. Do you think it would have helped if it were treated more, I don't know, "naturally" when you were growing up?

Sorry, I don't think embarrassment about private stuff is abnormal or wrong or unnatural.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

I'm in my 40s and embarrassed about periods and morning erections. Why do you think kids shouldn't be?

Then opt your kid out and have them go through the curriculum at home with their same gender parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

Wrong.

Separating kids by gender helps to empower girls and boys that they should feel comfortable keeping intimate, private moments private, without being pressured to make themselves uncomfortable, or put themselves at risk, just so some internet bully or advocate doesn't harrass them, call them -- phobic or call them a bigot.

It is empowering for our daughters to let them know that it is okay to maintain their own bodily privacy and that they should not be pressured, by anyone, including adults at school, to sacrifice their own sense of privacy to appease a fringe or the radical group of anti women idiots who comprise our school board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

I'm in my 40s and embarrassed about periods and morning erections. Why do you think kids shouldn't be?

They are only embarrassed because adults perpetuate the mindset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

I'm in my 40s and embarrassed about periods and morning erections. Why do you think kids shouldn't be?

Then opt your kid out and have them go through the curriculum at home with their same gender parent.

Fle needs toove to opt in instead of opt out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

I'm in my 40s and embarrassed about periods and morning erections. Why do you think kids shouldn't be?

They are only embarrassed because adults perpetuate the mindset.

You may find coed menstruation natural and unembarrassing but you are not convincing me why I should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

I'm in my 40s and embarrassed about periods and morning erections. Why do you think kids shouldn't be?

Then opt your kid out and have them go through the curriculum at home with their same gender parent.

Fle needs toove to opt in instead of opt out.

Yeah no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think 6th graders are much more mature and further into puberty in general than 4th graders so I don’t see why they would be taught together. I don’t know why they were separated by sex.

Haha. As a 6th grade teacher, I can tell you 6th graders are definitely not mature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

They’re not embarrassed because they get their cycle or erection. They’re embarrassed because they are 9-12 years old and don’t have have the maturity and experience to handle the feelings (and awkwardness) that accompany puberty…everything is embarrassing at this age. Why add to it?

This. The kids are embarrassed even in same sex groupings. They can barely look at the other gender afterwards. A lot of parents on here have no idea how difficult/uncomfortable teaching FLE can be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I’m sure the PP is joking but I wouldn’t be surprised. People are already trying to push that anyone can menstruate. I wouldn’t trust FCPS FLE except for maybe the very basic first classes.

Didn't fcps mandate tampons be put in all school bathrooms starting spring 2021 for all the menstruating boys?

I'm glad that products are available to all students.

As far as anyone knows, none of the other children in my friend's son's school know that he was born female, so he is now a menstruating boy. He has identified as male since before the family moved to Fairfax, so in FCPS and their neighborhood, he has always been known to the other children as a boy. He has chosen to use the clinic bathroom exclusively, but maybe other transgender boys have been using the boys' restrooms and would benefit from having easier access to products when needed. I know this applies to a very small percentage of students, but the percentage is irrelevant.

He's a menstruating person.

sorry you can't outrun biology. He's biologically a girl.

Yup. I know we are supposed to be so inclusive. But the bottom line is this is a girl who’s body is operating as it’s supposed to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

Wrong.

Separating kids by gender helps to empower girls and boys that they should feel comfortable keeping intimate, private moments private, without being pressured to make themselves uncomfortable, or put themselves at risk, just so some internet bully or advocate doesn't harrass them, call them -- phobic or call them a bigot.

It is empowering for our daughters to let them know that it is okay to maintain their own bodily privacy and that they should not be pressured, by anyone, including adults at school, to sacrifice their own sense of privacy to appease a fringe or the radical group of anti women idiots who comprise our school board.

+1,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't they combine everybody? Should only girls know about stuff?

Boys can still learn about girl stuff without girls being present. Just like girls can learn about boys without them being there. I remember being middle school and I would not want middle school boys sitting next to me when they talked about periods.

Separating out the kids by gender just reinforces the idea that girls need to be embarrassed about menstruation.

It’s 2022. It’s ok for boys to know that girls will get their periods. It’s ok for girls to know that boys get erections.

They’re all normal bodily functions. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

They’re not embarrassed because they get their cycle or erection. They’re embarrassed because they are 9-12 years old and don’t have have the maturity and experience to handle the feelings (and awkwardness) that accompany puberty…everything is embarrassing at this age. Why add to it?

This. The kids are embarrassed even in same sex groupings. They can barely look at the other gender afterwards. A lot of parents on here have no idea how difficult/uncomfortable teaching FLE can be.

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