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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As long as my kids read, I’m fine with their reading just about anything.  And 6th graders already know about condoms, drugs and drinks. They have access to TV, the internet and they talk.[/quote]

Well, yes, but this is a pretty lazy goal for the education of your children.  Literature is meant to inspire, expose people to beautiful words and new ideas, etc.  Schools of education now think that kids need to "relate" to everything.  No, kids have been imagining themselves in other worlds and times for several centuries through literature.  Why not choose books that elevate rather than degrade.  And "just reading anything" is a pretty low standard.  [/quote]

Degrade?

Clearly all of this is lacking in your kids life if you have sheltered him from it, I’m glad the schools are helping kids like yours be less sheltered so they are not afraid of their own shadow.[/quote]

Yes, condoms, drug dealers and drunk fathers are thankfully lacking in my chid's life. Sorry for yours they are the main feature of your household (assuming a father is even present int he home). I don't need you or MCPS deciding what my child is exposed to. Take your liberal crap and shove it. [/quote]

You must be joking. My kids don't have a drunk parent, but they know that alcohol can be a powerfully addicting drug that ruins lives and endangers children. They know that illegal drugs are not only illegal, but addictive and dangerous. They know that adults have sex and that condoms are used to prevent pregnancy and disease. They know that teenagers can have sex, but that their emotions and brains aren't ready for the consequences of sex just because their bodies might be.  See how you can make your kids aware of these things while still providing them a strong scaffolding of values?[/quote]

That's what parenting is fr correct? I assume you don't let social media, movies and books to educate your children. [/quote]

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