How young is too young?
I was looking for some childrens books to read for my language arts class, and I came across some books about sexuality. I was shocked! I had no idea that they made childrens books that deal with sexuality. Some of the titles of the books were: King and King, Molly's Family, My Two Uncles, and so forth. What with all the stipulations on schools, with religion or whatever, I don't think there is anyway one would be allowed to read these books in their class. But suppose you do have a student (or students) with 2 mommies or 2 daddies!? I mean, the other students will find out i'm sure. Do you just ignore this like you might religious questions? I have heard some schools that have issues with christmas books or so forth, even with other religion books read as well, how would they respond to sexuality books?
I was reading this blog earlier at work, and it was talking about how their district is teaching sexuality and diseases in kindergarten! I can't believe that. Those kids can't even read when they get there! True, these days, middle school maybe too late to have those presentations, but kindergarten. I think that is too young and just ludicris. I'd like to know others thoughts on this topic!
I was reading this blog earlier at work, and it was talking about how their district is teaching sexuality and diseases in kindergarten! I can't believe that. Those kids can't even read when they get there! True, these days, middle school maybe too late to have those presentations, but kindergarten. I think that is too young and just ludicris. I'd like to know others thoughts on this topic!
posted by Shanika @ 7:08 PM
1 Comments:
At 8:39 PM,
jfccrunner said…
I know you already know this, but I have a student in my class with two mothers. Although the subject is still taboo, there's no denying the fact that this child has two moms. I'm not sure what my school's policy would be on reading a book like this, but personally I'm torn. I feel that this child is constantly bombarded with books that have families different from his, and one of these books would be encouraging to remind him that he's not the only kid like that. But, like you said, it's definitely a controversial issue and would probably upset some parents. I'd say you would have to know the community and classroom climate and gauge based on those. I'd wouldn't bother reading those books if you don't have a child in that situation, but if you do, I'd seriously consider it.
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