(CNN) — Police in western Massachusetts apologized Thursday after an officer was sent to a middle school to search for a copy of “Gender Queer: ARead More
I think they do now. It’s a less shameful time and not really inappropriate. I grew up in the 80s-90s so the library wasn’t the free for all it was decades earlier. People had already started to treat it as a political battleground.
That said, we were given SexEd starting in 4th grade, so a book with mild sexual content (the book isn’t pornagraphy) 3-4 years after that, is very appropriate, since everyone with access to the text would have already have prerequisite knowledge to understand the context of the book.
Honestly, I wish things like this were more common in my youth. Whenever they would ask if people had questions and let us submit them on paper anonymously, there probably would have been more discussion.
Any questions any kid has about growing up, certainly including questions about their bodies and sexuality, should be easily answerable from an open shelf at the school library.
I think they do now. It’s a less shameful time and not really inappropriate. I grew up in the 80s-90s so the library wasn’t the free for all it was decades earlier. People had already started to treat it as a political battleground.
That said, we were given SexEd starting in 4th grade, so a book with mild sexual content (the book isn’t pornagraphy) 3-4 years after that, is very appropriate, since everyone with access to the text would have already have prerequisite knowledge to understand the context of the book.
Honestly, I wish things like this were more common in my youth. Whenever they would ask if people had questions and let us submit them on paper anonymously, there probably would have been more discussion.
Exactly. :)
Any questions any kid has about growing up, certainly including questions about their bodies and sexuality, should be easily answerable from an open shelf at the school library.