Anonymous wrote:The has mental problems. I'd steer my kid away from the freak.

cool, trolls!

Give the kid a break. We have no idea what she is experience and she's very young. She's heard the term and is trying to figure out her sexuality. I agree that the labels are a problem. And I think there is way too much pressure to pick a label.

My 13 year old kept saying he might be aromantic. Now he says he is just afraid no one will ever love him/ he won't find a partner when he is older. (Not because he wants to date now- more of thinking about his future and he had anxiety). But if he hadn't heard that term he never would've labeled his pretty normal fears that way.

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Anonymous wrote:That the child has a very vivid imagination, little parental supervision at home, and probably not someone I would want my kid hanging around with.

. WAy to be open minded ! All kids are trying on different identities from 5th to 9th grade. They sort it out by 20th, but it’s confusing so please shut your mouth and open your ears.

Sorry, but being "open-minded" about something like this when an 11 year old is involved is Idiocy in Action.

Agreed. I’m trying really hard to be open and accepting of these types of communities but it’s barder and harder when so much of it feels like a trend, especially among the younger crowd.

The 11 year old might not know if she's pan, but probably knows that she's "different"(even if not related to sexuality). The trendy term is likely the closest explanation she has available so far.

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Anonymous wrote:That the child has a very vivid imagination, little parental supervision at home, and probably not someone I would want my kid hanging around with.

. WAy to be open minded ! All kids are trying on different identities from 5th to 9th grade. They sort it out by 20th, but it’s confusing so please shut your mouth and open your ears.

Sorry, but being "open-minded" about something like this when an 11 year old is involved is Idiocy in Action.

Agreed. I’m trying really hard to be open and accepting of these types of communities but it’s barder and harder when so much of it feels like a trend, especially among the younger crowd.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get the issue. Sex, gender and sexual relationships all should share the same core; respect. Dear millionth kid who is figuring this all out, use any old label you want, as long as you are selecting kind partners and treating each other with love and respect. The end.

My young nephew, who is a sex worker, tells me that promiscuity is part of his "culture" and I'm being a bigot for suggesting it's dangerous.

Your nephew is a prostitute? Wow. That's a new one.

Not so new. Oldest profession, actually.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get the issue. Sex, gender and sexual relationships all should share the same core; respect. Dear millionth kid who is figuring this all out, use any old label you want, as long as you are selecting kind partners and treating each other with love and respect. The end.

My young nephew, who is a sex worker, tells me that promiscuity is part of his "culture" and I'm being a bigot for suggesting it's dangerous.

Your nephew is a prostitute? Wow. That's a new one.

Anonymous wrote:I don't get the issue. Sex, gender and sexual relationships all should share the same core; respect. Dear millionth kid who is figuring this all out, use any old label you want, as long as you are selecting kind partners and treating each other with love and respect. The end.

My young nephew, who is a sex worker, tells me that promiscuity is part of his "culture" and I'm being a bigot for suggesting it's dangerous.

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Anonymous wrote:This LGBT shit has gone too far.

Why, because it makes you feel uncomfortable? Honestly, now that kids know that there are options on the table and they won't get beaten up for trying them out, they're doing so. It's actually liberating.

Options? Try them out? Wait, so being gay is now a "try it, you'll like it" kind of thing? I was finally coming to terms with the "this is who we are" thing, and now you're telling me that being gay is now an option? Sheesh, make up your minds! Frankly, I don't want my kids "trying it out."

Too bad it's out of your control.

I work with high schoolers and unfortunately this is true. The freaks have won. All the teens are fast becoming bi/pan/non-binary.

This is correct and we are experiencing a spike in Hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases and suicide as a result, plus kids who think "anything goes" is cool are easy pickings for predators. Time to rein it in, folks. Your tolerance for everything except a moral framework is turning your kids into victims.

Anonymous wrote:This LGBT shit has gone too far.

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x 1000

I have been a sixth grader many years ago and my daughter was a 6th grader a few years ago. Many sixth graders are discovering sexual feelings. Not all, but many. Six grade girls are approaching sexual maturity (periods). Boys tend to be a year or two behind.

I know during the sixth grade, I went from a nerdy kid to a horny pre-teen.

The difference was (maybe -- I don't know) that there was not societal discussions about this. So, when my friends and I talked (male), we would get curious. We had never seen the female parts, and in 1975, it was nearly impossible to do so.

We tried to figure out what it was like. But, we did not know. Some times, we compared our junk, but only under the strictest of security, as we did not want to be id'd as gay.

We were living on a military base....where the husbands/fathers were deployed for 8 months at a time. One of the mothers took us under her winds....turns basically all of the boys were "trained"...Now, that is sexual abuse. Back then, not so much.

My point, in the TL/DR, the difference today vs. then is people will talk more publicly; there is no shame in being labeled anything other than straight.

Ignore these freaks. It's a call for attention. No more and no less.

Anonymous wrote:I would notify CPS and have them investigate why a 10 year old seems to be overly focused on sexuality and a gender identity that is otherwise unheard of outside of much older people.

Maybe nothing is going on. But maybe there's abuse happening

Let CPS investigate and determine which. That's what they're paid for

First, an 11-year-old.

Second, have you talked to any actual 6th-graders lately? I have an actual 6th-grader, who has an actual classmate who declared herself pansexual, with some drama, on a group chat. My actual 6th-grader told me. I said, "Ok, now get off the chat and go do your homework, please." Then my actual 6th-grader went off to do her homework.

I would notify CPS and have them investigate why a 10 year old seems to be overly focused on sexuality and a gender identity that is otherwise unheard of outside of much older people.

Maybe nothing is going on. But maybe there's abuse happening


Let CPS investigate and determine which. That's what they're paid for

I don't get the issue. Sex, gender and sexual relationships all should share the same core; respect. Dear millionth kid who is figuring this all out, use any old label you want, as long as you are selecting kind partners and treating each other with love and respect. The end.

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Anonymous wrote:She probably just found the term online and it may or may not actually apply to her. I'd listen to her and probably also bring up the difference between sexual and romantic orientation, as a lot of sixth graders could technically be labeled ace. She might be panromantic asexual! It could be harmful for her to label her sexuality at such a young age.

Ok, this is the second time I've seen that term ace. What the hell is that?

oohh oohhh ooohh. I think I know this one! Can I guess? I think it sounds like a cool word for "asexual". Which is apparently another thing these days.

I certainly hope my 6th grader is asexual. Just saying.

I guess between that and Pansexual it's the lesser evil, still weird af though.