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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just want to be clear, here are things people on this thread are OK with their kids reading about:

Juliet’s nurse sharing that her daughter died so that she could provide breast milk for a rich child.

Teenage boys killing each other.

13 year old girls having sex with boys they met in the last 48 hours

Catholic priests helping impulsive teens commit statutory rape

Suicide

Ostracizing a kid because they wear glasses and are clumsy

Mob violence leading to the death of children

Childhood sex abuse

KKK lynch mobs

Here are things that 14 year olds, particularly boys must be shielded from:

Girls talking about how it feels to be catcalled or groped

Girls fighting back against people who catcall or grope them

Getting a period and using a tampon

A 16 year old girl deciding not to have sex

A 16 year old boy respecting the girl’s boundary and not pushing her to have sex

Masturbation

Catholic priests explaining their faith

Catholic priests helping change abusive family dynamics

Girls reading poetry

One argument is that boys can’t relate to the latter, which makes you wonder, are they able to relate to the former?  Are rape, murder, lynch mobs, child sex abuse etc . . . What rhet want their kid relating to?

I should note that I am fine with my kids reading all of these things as long as there is a balance.  My sons can read something and understand that it is wrong, or learn to relate to someone different than them through reading. [/quote]

Well said.  [/quote]

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