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seabeyond

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17. gollygee, i am really glad you posted this. i wish it was a more popular subject.
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 10:21 AM
Feb 2014

i wish more people read it and really identified with the experience of your daughter. the experience that mothers, sisters, daughter will and do experience every. single. day. why it lacks an importance tells us a lot.

so much of society and media feeds these kids this shit. empowering the boys. unempowering the girls. literally. conditioning them they are things at the males disposal. this age is when it is really played out for the first time. the greatest gift we can give the kids, both our boys and girls is to call it.

they really are innocent, regardless of what society would like to convince us of. they really are just starting the journey of exploration in sexuality. and they are doing it from a base that they have absorbed thru media and experience, for the first time.

my youngest son went over the line. liking to be the funny one, and often very funny witty and clever, he went over the line. the principal heard, called me and we had a discussion. the kid really didnt get what he said, nor the offense, and we had conversation explaining why it was so wrong what he said. he still may not have fully understood, but what he did understand was the in his male privilege, he ahs an obligation to be sensitive in certain subject and certain behaviors would not be allowed, tolerated or excused away.

it was an excellent lesson for him. and it was a wonderful example to give to the kids in the know. it may have been embarrassing for my son, in the moment, but it was not harsh, or shaming, merely education.

trust your school. i have always had excellent interaction with teachers, councilor and principal. in my experience they listen. and it is an opportunity for all the kids.

let us know what has come of this. i am really curious how parents and schools handle this. this is where we win. in education, at this age, with awareness.

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