Washington Post writer laments parental 'loss of control'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45992-2005Jan28.html

Sunday's Washington Post had an excellent op-ed article by Ruth Marcus entitled "Ready to Throw In the Sponge?" in which she finds herself unexpectedly aligning with (as she puts it) the "Focusers on the Family". In the article, Ms. Marcus shares how she feels upon learning that her young children learned more than perhaps she even wanted them to know about transgendered families at their private elementary school.

Speaking to transgendered readers, Ms. Marcus (a Washington Post staff writer) says she would gladly bring over a casserole if they "moved in next door", and "happily explain the whole deal to the kids". "But" she continues, "is it really necessary...to go through all this in elementary school? And whether my reaction is right or wrong, shouldn't this be a decision for me and my husband to make--not something sprung on us by our school?"

Our thoughts exactly.
- posted by bianca m @ 9:34 PM  

 
A thought
The new curriculum blithely adds this note, "Transgender refers to someone whose gender identity or expression differs from conventional expectations for their physical sex. This term includes transsexual and transvestite. (Source: American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Vol. 92, No. 4 (Oct. 1993), pp. 631-34)"

Yep, no reference at all to gender identity disorder.

(The irony here is that the above link is one of the resources that the advisory committee recommended but isn't included in the lesson outline.)
- posted by Admin J @ 8:58 AM  

 
Washington Times prints article
The Washington Times printed an article yesterday on the debacle with the Montgomery County Board of Education's explicit sex education campaign.

See Dr. Throckmorton's evaluation of the proposed sex education program here.
- posted by Admin J @ 9:39 AM