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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would love FLE to be taught co-ed and yes, I do have a daughter. Separating gives the illusion that there is something shameful or worth hiding about puberty and development. Teaching everyone together means everyone gets the same information and it's presented just like the math, science or language arts is. [/quote]

I agree. I think it will be oaky. A million years ago in the 80s, we had to do our health classes together from grades 3-8. This was in large part because we are a small parachil school with 10 kids per class and not enough staff or time to separate. I mean, it has been more than 30 years, but I don't remember being particularly scarred, and I was certainly more knowledgable than my 9th and 10th grade peers when I switched to public: for the first time in that district, boys and girls were together, and boy were they all surprised about what went on with each other's bodies.[/quote]

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Y'all are making this much more complicated/uncomfortable than it needs to be. Sounds like the parents are the ones with issues!  Seriously, if we normalize talking about puberty, facts of sex, etc. our kids will be less uncomfortable. People of both sexes (any sexual identity?) can learn about human bodies and puberty together and it WILL BE OK.  Yes, uncomfortable for some (many?) kids but that's regardless of who's in the room with them when they hear about it.

Unless you make it not OK at home.[/quote]

This ks a discussion by and for parents of fcps, not some crazy activist without children who doesn't even live in ffx county and who knows zero about child development or what is age appropriate 
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I'm an FCPS parent and teacher, actually. Not a "crazy activist" from elsewhere. I stand by my statement.

To the parent concerned about girls bleeding into their underwear needing/getting support from their large, impersonal HPE/FLE class...really? I'm sympathetic as a woman and a mom of a daughter but don't expect that to be the place for deep sharing of experiences. I understand not everyone here agrees but honestly think having mixed-gender discussions from an early age is the best way to contribute to both informing our kids and making them comfortable with themselves.[/quote]

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