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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Agree.  Again, not all kids develop at the same rate.

Also, none of this is necessary for the school to be discussing with our 11 year olds.  [/quote]

Because you want to free to tell them at home that cis-het is the only acceptable way, and don’t want them to ever get a different message.[/quote]

No.  Why would you assume that?  I don’t care if my kid is gay or straight.  But I don’t want the school teaching my pre-pubescent kid about these topics.  [/quote]

What are you afraid will happen if they do?  You are clearly worried about something.  If you don’t want to tell us what that is here, on an anonymous board where no one knows who you are, perhaps that’s a sign you should examine your own motivations here. [/quote]

I know what I'm afraid of. I'm afraid that they will be messed up by being exposed to things before they're ready. I don't care if they're gay or straight. I teach my kids sexuality is like a sliding scale and some people are all the way on one side and some are all the way on the other, but most people are clustered around the middle and move back and forth throughout their lives but sort of settle for one or the other label and stick with it. I teach them that having a gay dream doesn't mean you're gay, and wanting to be straight doesn't make someone straight. FYI. There is room in our household for them to be whoever they are when they figure it out.

That's my job, not the school's job.[/quote]

Uh, you've already exposed your kids to sexuality. The school isnt going to do anything to "mess that up" by showing kids being different is okay and teaching kids acceptance. The hysterics are ridiculous.[/quote]

I know my kids better than you or the school does. I know what they are ready to hear. I know what they can actually understand.[/quote]

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