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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s disturbing to think of sixth graders thinking of their sexuality at all in any serious way.  If they are I assume it is being pushed onto them by their attention seeking parents.[/quote]

Is thinking about being a man or woman, to you, thinking about your sexuality? For me, thinking about being a woman and thinking about being straight are two different trains of thought.

Also, have you been in a middle school recently? Sixth graders are eleven and twelve. It's prime time for hormones galore. Sorry to break it to you but many are thinking about sex. [/quote]

I have a sixth grader (and older and younger kids FWIW).  It is absolutely creepy that you are encouraging 11 and 12 year olds to think about whether they are gay or straight or bisexual.  My youngest child tells us he wants to marry his best friend (a boy).  That doesn’t mean he’s gay, it means he’s a kid.  (And don’t get me wrong, maybe he is gay.  But kids, including pre pubescent 11 year olds, don’t really understand what that means yet.)

And my daughter is thinking about the [b]fact [/b]that she is female and will eventually be a woman, because middle school is prime time for menstruation to start.  Sorry to break it to you, but no matter how much you try to convince your daughter she is really a boy, nature will surely disabuse her of that notion soon enough.[/quote]

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