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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Am I the only one who will say that's it absolutely not ok for poly relationships to be normalized, especially in middle school? The opportunity to take advantage of more vulnerable kids is enormous.

I don't have to approve. I think it's weird and very Sister Wife-y.[/quote]

Agree 100%.

Yes, this is me, clutching my pearls.  I don't think throuples are okay, especially for tweens and teens who are too young to process the complicated feelings these poly set ups invariably produce.

Also - I am pro-LGBTQ, grew up around the gay community, and support gay marriage, but isn't anyone else even a little concerned that the norm now is for tween girls to identify as trans or non-binary?  Statistically it is almost impossible that so many girls are not actually girls.  Something is very wrong with our culture if the now-typical reaction for an 11- or 12-year-old girl is that they want to transition or otherwise not be a girl.  Maybe I'm just a salty old feminist, but this very much concerns me.  And then we are accused of being anti-trans if we question this, refuse to use a different name, refuse to switch pronouns, refuse to support breast binders, refuse to consult doctors about hormone treatment, etc.?  There is a reason that 11- and 12-year-olds are not old enough to drive, vote, or sign contracts -- their decision making capabilities are not well developed, and the law recognizes this.  And yet 11- and 12-year-olds are supposed to be competent enough to make decisions with long-term impacts on fertility and mental health, and we are just supposed to go along with it or be accused of being hateful?  I understand that some kids have insisted from early childhood that they are the opposite gender, and early transition could be appropriate in those instances, but this is not what we are dealing with now.  I find it concerning that parents are just like, eh, okay.[/quote]

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