WOULD YOU LET YOUR KIDS (2nd grade) READ THiS....?

Question

Would you allow a teacher to read this book to your kids? How about letting your kids read it themselves?

King and King....its about 2 kings that fall in love...would you want your 2nd grader to read the book? A teacher read it to her class (2nd grade) and the top dem. runners say its just fine, what about you?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298307,00.html

(just b/c its from fox news doesnt mean anything) Its a news story I saw found interesting thought I would ask about it!

outcrop...i DONT want to know!

Here is all I am saying...
1. Second grade is a bit young, heck a second grader usually doesnt fully understand a heterosexual relationship, let a long a homosexual one.
2. We dont read books that emphasize heterosexual relationships, yes at the end maybe the princess falls in love w/ a prince, but thats at the end and not the basis of the entire book
3. It is my position to explain homosexuality to my children, not the teachers. Don't read the book and plant the seed.
4. If you can spread you homosexual beliefs then I should be able to spread my religious beliefs....but I am unable to do that so you should be unable to do that.

resivoirdog...the point is i dont care what they do behind closed doors, i care what they do in public! Also I am a person that feels homosexuality is a choice!

Answer 1

I absolutely would NOT. This is the liberal agenda throwing "acceptance and tolerance" into our faces. My son is in 3rd grade and I request a copy of the curriculum before school starts. If there is anything I morally disagree with, my son, LEGALLY, will be excused to go to the library when that particular subject matter is being taught. We as parents need to become active in what our children are being taught. I will NOT allow some leftist agenda to be taught to my son.

Answer 2

That is a very hard question you are asking. You, as his mother knows how he is doing academically. It is hard to catch up in a grade when he is reading at a K level as the higher you go in grades the more reading is relied upon for school work. My sons B-day is Sept 7 and the cut off date here is before that but because academically he was where he should be the school entered him into K. Unfortunately, his maturity was far behind and they wanted to keep him back in K as in 1st grade he would need more maturity to sit still and follow rules that would apply for 1st grade. I do think now that it was a bad choice to keep him back as he lost all his friends that he had good relations with. It is second grade and we are now homeschooling, so it allows him to move on at a good pace for him. I wish I had a answer but the truth is, it is a personal decision you have to make. You point out that they will not put him in second grade at the private school. Therefore, you're only choice is to keep him at a public school or except that he will repeat 1st grade. Good luck, I know this is a hard decision to make.

Answer 3

First of all, I should state that I'm gay.

I also feel that children that young shouldn't be dealing with romances of ANY kind -- gay or straight. The subject matter for their reading sessions should be far less "sophisticated".

I was that age back in the late 1960s, and it's really quite sad to me how innocence and simplicity have been yanked from childhood. These young children should be reading fun and engaging stories -- things to get them hooked on reading so they'll improve their reading and vocabulary skills. The most serious thing I remember reading was "Charlotte's Web" in 4th grade, a superb book that gently informs the young reader that death is a part of life. I don't know what I would have thought about encountering a book about two monarchs falling in love -- what on earth does that have to do with the things an eight year old should be learning about life? I think I would have been more bored than "inspired."

I think I understand the teacher's motive -- to inform children that there are all kinds of different people in the world. But I think eight years old is too young -- these kids are just now really starting to grasp that the world is large, so I think it's ill advised to confuse them by piling on complex social [and sexual] matters.

Answer 4

Whether a kid hears it from a teacher, will eventually hear it somewhere else from somebody else, little kids in school are going to grow up knowing that theres all kinds of different people out there in the world that are straight, gays, lesbians, and bisexuals out there. Im not going to say its wrong or right, but I think the teacher could have left that part out. Parents don't know already there little kids will pick up a lot of fowl language in school from other students so thats just as bad to.

Answer 5

I don't think a second grader really gives it any thought.
But Don't think it has any value for 7 year olds education. Let a kid be a kid.
they ask enough questions about the world around them without any help from the teacher bringing in this book.
If she took it apon herself to do this she needs to have a talking to.Cause it's a heady topic for most adults.

Answer 6

Actually if you saw the Democratic debate on 9/26/2007 on MSNBC, it was an actual question asked to all of the candidates. All of them were ok with it.

IMHO, NO FREAKING WAY!! There is no way a public school system should be teaching that to a second grader. Hell I had to get permission from my parents in 9th grade when we had a sex ed class. Now, if a parent wants to talk about homosexuality to their kids, then thats their decision but not in a public school.

Answer 7

You state that "a second grade doesn't fully understand heterosexual relationship let alone a homosexual relationship." If they are to young to comprehend fully either one what are you worried about? And I see beautifully conservative, which is an oxy moron, is uneducated and paranoid. Just because a child or teenager see's or reads about homosexuality doesn't mean they will turn gay. It's not an effin choice. And why are you so interested in what other people are doing in their bedrooms anyway? People like you are no better than those who are racist towards blacks, mexicans or asians.

Answer 8

As another stated let kids be kids. All should take a child development coarse. Children are just that and need time to develop and to rush that is not at all good for them. How soon we forget what it was like to be a child. If you feel it is OK then you need to take a good look at yourself and see way you hate children. For example, there was one child development expert who stated, 'divorce is difficult but the children will get over it'. He was proved totally wrong. They do not get over it, it hurts there lives forever. To dog under me, they may be to young to understand but they are not to young to be confused by things that are different and confusing.You are totally wrong and if you have kids I hope you protect them as much as is possible.Children may not understand something but they are not stupid and can see something like this as very threatening and they need to be taught slowly and sensitively. Peace

Answer 9

Aren't our kids growing up too fast already ? I think kids should be kids without the overtures of sex, relationships, etc. I rather have a teacher talk to them then having them learn it from say, the Internet, but 2nd G is too young. If kids question it however then it should be taught responsibly.

Answer 10

If you don't feel it's acceptable then you shouldn't read it to your children. I've more than once told a teacher if a book wasn't acceptable for my child. However the two kings story might be acceptable for me as long as there was no sexual content mentioned. If it's just a story of two people falling in love then that's okay...for me. If it isn't okay for you ,that's fine too. Everyone has different opinions.