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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is 9. He thinks kissing is disgusting. He has no feelings of attraction to girls or boys. He doesn’t even know what that means. Should someone be telling him he might want to identify as asexual? Does it become appropriate to question his identity at age 11 or 13 or 15 or 17? It is perfectly normal to not be interested in either sex at any of these ages. Do you understand why it’s strange to introduce these topics to a middle school kid and then ask them how they identify? I understand why so many kids are truly confused about their identity. Schools keep reinforcing the idea that you should question your identity and have a label. [/quote]

a) It’s for MS not Elementary.  The greater majority of kids in MS are older than 9. B) It is totally fine for kids not to have any attraction towards either sex at any of the ages you mentioned just as it’s perfectly fine for kids to have attraction at any of these ages.  Should we ignore everything that likely will happen for most people at some point in their life, just because your child hasn’t experienced or thought about it yet?

Your kid likely hasn’t thought of or experienced bombs dropping around them or famine.  But kids in the world have.  [b]Does that mean we can’t talk about these things during Social Studies? [/b] Just because the topic is sexuality doesn’t make it any more taboo or kids incapable of absorbing the content and reflecting.[/quote]

Bingo. Another PP already said the subject matter is better suited for another class. And a better book would be better suited for an English assignment -- one that shows kids what literature is all about, what a well crafted books is like, ETC. It's a reading assignment with an agenda, pure and simple. There is literally no other reason for it to be assigned reading.

How about gym classes where kids are divided into "Sure I'm going to be straight" "Sure I'm going to be gay" "Think the opposite sex is gross and that will never change although I'm told it may" "Think my opposite sex sibling's friends are both repulsive and fascinating but not sure what that means" etc. Would that be appropriate? No. Because it's gym class.[/quote]

+1 to all of this[/quote]

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