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[–] OldTellus@lemmy.ca 38 points 3 months ago (6 children)

This is absurd. Are we going to start cutting up their food too? Maybe hire some people to help wipe their ass? If you don't want younger grades reading about sex or violence, fair enough. Put those books in a separate section for older grades, like gr. 5 or 6 up, but don't remove them. And certainly not for fucking high-school. How can we expect kids to mature and learn responsibly and citical thinking if we remove challenging material?

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Teenagers are already experiencing difficult situations like sex, drugs, and violence but aren't being allowed to read about them

[–] OldTellus@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Exactly. Hiding these things doesn't make them dissappear. Trying to keep these topics away from younger people will only make them unprepared when they are confronted by these situations. It's the same logic that took away sex-ed from lower grades. The reault? Uptick in teen pregnancy and STDs.

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