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Transgender Kindergarten Education?

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There are several examples of transgender talk in schools. So I didn't just link the current one I read about. I am not sure that four or five year olds are really ready to grasp this concept, and I wonder if it is counter productive to raising normal children. It is helpful for social growth or just young mind manipulation?
 
We'll know for sure after 20 years. They're likely seeing worse than that already on the internet
 
When kids have questions, you have to be able to answer them. Obviously not in gory detail, but not in a stork kind of way either.
 
They surely see examples daily of "mommies" & "daddies" and depending on where they live they probably see mommies & mommies and daddies & daddies.

It's easy to explain those examples, but delving into self identities and gender identification might be a little overkill. Possibly even wasted on someone under say 9 yrs old. 12 and up anything goes.
 
byke said:
When kids have questions, you have to be able to answer them. Obviously not in gory detail, but not in a stork kind of way either.
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I don't think school is the place for it

They can't even teach proper sex education, the complexities of gender decisions are beyond them
 
Yakoo752 said:
I don't think school is the place for it

They can't even teach proper sex education, the complexities of gender decisions are beyond them
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Amen. Leave this up to parents to teach to kids...or they get to figure it out on their own.
 
Yakoo752 said:
I don't think school is the place for it

They can't even teach proper sex education, the complexities of gender decisions are beyond them
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I just mean that if they already have some sort of age appropriate program and if a kid asks a question, there should be some sort of age appropriate answer, imo.
 
5 year olds should be playing with crayons, paste, dolls and wooden cars. Not contemplating why Billy's dad once had a penis but now has a vagina but still wants to use the mens bathroom and has hired an attorney to ensure that he/she can use the bathroom of his/her choice; regardless of what that is this week.
 
America is fucked. Our future is doomed. Millennials are doing this to us.
 
byke said:
I just mean that if they already have some sort of age appropriate program and if a kid asks a question, there should be some sort of age appropriate answer, imo.
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yeah, I wasn't calling you out or anything and I do agree. There should be some "standardized" answer that the teacher can give that is age appropriate and "approved" by the parents.
 
I consider myself fairly progressive but I think that's a little young to be talking about that subject without giving the parents a heads up about it. But lately, I've come to realize I'm older and may have outdated thinking so :shrug.
 
Cyclesuzy said:
I consider myself fairly progressive but I think that's a little young to be talking about that subject without giving the parents a heads up about it. But lately, I've come to realize I'm older and may have outdated thinking so :shrug.
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Don't confuse wisdom for outdated....:laughing

Totally onboard with Yakoo's statement.
 
teg916 said:
Why someone would try to confuse a child that is growing up instead of teaching them biology is absurd. I consider this child abuse.
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teg916 said:
Why someone would try to confuse a child that is growing up instead of teaching them biology is absurd. I consider this child abuse.
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Oh please. LBGTQIA people have rights and equal protection under law. The idea is not to inculcate children, it's to sensitize them early so inherent bias doesn't develop. That said, I'd like to see the curriculum. Usually that's not the subject of reporting. Even if this goes against your moral (and therefore political) beliefs, it's hardly child abuse. ALL school districts have opt outs.

Feel free to "choice out" your kids from these programs. They can peruse she-male pRon and figure it out from there.
 
Strigoi said:
Might as well let them know about mental illness early on.
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Your doctor... does he still put leaches on you when you go in for a regular checkup?

The idea that gender dysphoria is a mental illness hasn't been taught in the field of Psychology in over 40 years.

That said, I am a little... hesitant. But then I think to every transgender person I know, and that their admission to who they were and their coming out would have been far less traumatic if they could have done so earlier, and they largely held off out of fear. They knew that they didn't fit into one of the two traditional gender buckets from a very early age. And the overall experience of living with the knowledge that they didn't conform to their sexed gender for years, sometimes decades, did them far more psychological harm than benefit.

A friend of mine's daughter discovered her gender dysphoria at a fairly young age, under ten, and she's letting her go with it. So far, no harm done.

Seriously, what is the harm we're trying to avoid by this topic not being discussed with younger kids? It seems like best outcome is more people living their lives in a way that is more personally satisfying with less psychological harm for long periods of their life. That's tremendous.
 
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