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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you look at the assignments/slides the school has with this book, there is a whole glossary of terms. How is my prepubescent little boy supposed to discern whether he is asexual (absent sexual feelings) or just a prepubescent child who is not developmentally at the point to feel those feelings yet? I am finding this to be unnecessarily confusing. [/quote]

Your middle schooler is not a “little boy.”  You do your child no favors when you infantilize them like that.

Also, you don’t known that he isn’t starting to “feel those feelings.”[/quote]

I mean, I asked him. He was like no way, ew. He is definitely no where close to being a man or even a teen. He would want to sleep in bed with me (his mom) every night if I let him. Is a young boy in basically every way, and so are his friends from what the moms say. [/quote]

Why do you assume he would tel you the truth?  Most kids don’t talk to their parents about feelings of attraction to others, especially at first.

I have a 14 yo who is well into puberty, had crushes on girls, and still like to curl up with me to watch tv sometimes.  These things are not mutually exclusive.  Obviously your child is not a teenager yet, but he also is not 5.  If he’s not there yet with these feelings, he will be soon.  And it’s much better for them to know in advance that whatever they’re feeling is okay than to worry they’re somehow abnormal until they find the person who will tell them otherwise.[/quote]

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