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[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]

They don't ask the kids how they identify their gender.  No where in the assignment do they ask that question.

They ask the kids "what parts of your identity are important to you".  My kid wrote things like "brother" and "point guard".  When we talked about what might stay the same and what might change he said things like "well I'll always be his brother, but maybe one day I'll write "Dad".

If a kid wants to talk about their own gender, they can.  If they don't, there's nothing in the assignment asking them to, or telling them they should.  [/quote]

+1.  Questioning your identity in a wide variety of ways - not just in terms of sexuality or gender - is basically the work of growing up.  And readings that discuss people fitting in or not into the larger community are a fixture of middle school and high school every year.  Why? Because MS and HS is the age at which kids worry about not fitting in in a million different ways.  This book is just one more effort to show that it is normal to be wondering who you are in almost any dimension. [/quote]

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