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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD's friend told a bunch of kids at school today that she is pansexual. This is not a statement that I would expect from an 11 year old. Not sure what to make of this. [/quote]

pp here.

This happened a lot when my kids were in MS recently. It's a label the friend is experimenting with -- it's possibly she truly IS this, but more likely it'll be something else later in life. They spend a lot of time talking to impressionable kids about tolerance and gays and lesbians and the like, so some kids do ultimately end up "trying on" the various labels.

It's not just sexuality. My daughter experimented with cutting after an academic unit on "self harm" -- she probably would never had had the idea to do this without the school introducing the concept to her. She did it only once or twice and very superficially, but it happened.

Another kid started talking about wanting to die after a lot of lessons about suicide awareness. That triggered a bunch of protocols. The kid wasn't actually suicidal, but he got a lot of attention.

The flip side of all of this well-meaning awareness is that some impressionable kids who are prone to drama get ideas.

Anyway, it's not YOUR kid, so there's nothing for YOU to do about it except be kind to the child if she's in your home, just like you would be to any other child.[/quote]

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