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We’re living in a society where it’s now common enough that a few kids in your class may have two mothers or two fathers. Some kids may not understand why that
by s5300 5y ago
We’re living in a society where it’s now common enough that a few kids in your class may have two mothers or two fathers. Some kids may not understand why that is, & I’d say as early as kindergarten sounds enough to have a teacher explain why their friends may have a different family structure than their own.
To my knowledge, this bill makes it so you couldn’t. Which is bad.
- insickness 5y ago"Some kids have two fathers and some kids have two mothers." This is all that needs to be said. This law does not prevent them from saying that. What else needs to be said to children?
- plorkyeran 5y agoThe law does ban that.
- happytoexplain 5y agoThe law arguably bans that, and grade-schools are extremely lawsuit-averse. That ambiguity puts educators under threat over innocent words - having to worry about crossing that line accidentally is a burden and a disrespect placed on people who have a hard time already doing an incredibly important job.
- version_five 5y agoI think what's missed in the discussion is the role of parents. Not everything has to be the teacher's responsibility. That is in the article, they say it's about parental choice. So parents can address the questions, and decide how to raise their kids. Why should it automatically be the role of the state to give a state sanctioned answer?
- smt88 5y agoThe state doesn't need to have a sanctioned answer, but this is the opposite: a blanket gag on the educator regardless of context. The state should not gag educators or anyone else.
- falcolas 5y agoBut what if, or more realistically, what do we do when the parents do nothing but scold their kids when they dare ask about anything related to sex? Because I’ve seen too much of that myself. All that brings is unprotected sex, unwanted pregnancies, and scared children.
- threatofrain 5y agoWe provide a state-sanctioned answer in cases where parents are inadequate — known as sex education.
- falcolas 5y agoWhich parents are allowed to disallow their children from attending. Partial conjecture, but it's probably the same parents who are unwilling to talk to their children about sex. That's how it was for my spouse, at least.