
How progressive are they? Toured last year and saw some interesting things like a “Unapologetically Queer” in the elementary school library. Do they talk to elementary aged kids about gender identity? Any insight is appreciated. |
Are you referring to an adult, a child, a poster, a book? What exactly did you see? And if anything being unapologetically queer bothers you, go elsewhere. |
Ok, calm down. I see OP's concern - would a straight child be welcome? |
Of course a straight child would be welcome. The majority of the student body are straight kids but they are letting others know that they are also welcome. |
They are progressive and accepting as long as accepting is limited to those who can afford to attend. |
Do you somehow think Maret has managed to gather an entire student body full of queer kids? |
I mean, judging by the increase in children ID'ing as LGBTQ+, it's not an unreasonable question. |
OP here - it was a large poster in the elementary school library |
A large poster in the elementary school library |
This. Also, there are all types of kids there but it is a progressive school. More power to them. |
Oh good grief. |
God, no. Never. Ewww. |
Not OP, but I think many parents are somewhat concerned about the extent to which progressive political sloganeering has become part of the educational environment. I don't think the concern is with queer people per se, but rather, having everything be such a main focus of time and attention. Of course, everyone wants their kids to be accepting and welcoming. That is not the same thing as having an environment where certain groups are essentially put on a pedestal, and then there is social pressure to be like that or to go out of your way to praise it (when other kids aren't getting that praise just for being who they happen to be). |
Yeah that’s complete non-sense. So talking to elementary school aged kids about sexual orientation is basically talking to them about sex. Is that appropriate for a 7 year old? If it’s not appropriate to talk to that age about sex, why parade around terms like LGBTQ in the elementary school classroom? You can be inclusive but still keep things AGE appropriate. That poster in the high school library wouldn’t bother me one bit. |
The entire culture is designed to support cisgendered heterosexual relationships. Straight kids get validation for who they happen to be every day - that's the default in our culture. Every plotline in a movie where a man and a woman fall in love, every ad that shows an opposite sex couple, every story that talks about a family with a mom and a dad -- that's praise, and it's been the default for centuries. It's more than a little disingenuous to claim that straight kids are harmed when they aren't centered for 30 seconds. |