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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach middle schoolers and don't find it concerning in the least that they are thinking about their sexuality and where they fit.  What I do find concerning is the big coming out statements and declarations at school.  It's becoming an attention seeking activity.  [b]Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to kids being supported in their thoughts.[/b]  What I'm seeing is kids making these dramatic declarations and then being surrounded by their 80 closest friends for support and love. It's school.  They should be there to learn and have conversations with their actual friends and teachers, not spending much of the day discussing multiple peers sexuality.[/quote]

So every thought a middle schooler has -- whether real, clearly thought out, true, beneficial to them, kind to others, etc., or not -- needs to be "supported?"

That is what you, as a middle school teacher, believe?

I do hope you're not teaching my 8th grader.[/quote]

No, you are twisting the thought.  Middle schoolers crave affirmation and support.  As a parent, I will support my middle schooler in figuring out her thoughts and figuring out which are true, beneficial, kind to others and which are simply attention seeking, not kind etc...  Support to me means being there as a sounding board and figuring out when to just listen and when to give advice and when to get others such as counselor or doctor involved.[/quote]

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