Promotion of homosexuality in schools

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Hi

I have children in junior school, and one is due to undertake a sex education class (too young in my opinion), but I am concerned if the subject of homosexualty is broached. Is this broached in senior schools, or does it happen in junior schools too.

From DD being tiny we agreed amongst ourselves that we would answer her questions honestly and not shy away from our own discomfort.

It's not easy when she wants to know about your typical odd family dynamics such as stepfamilies and adoption, but it seems to have worked well. And we've never "allowed" the heterosexual norm to prevail. It does naturally because of the world we live in, but we fling in the odd addendum to make sure she's happy with all the options of life.

Read your child Oscar Wilde's fairy stories; if your household is Christian "The Fisherman and his soul' which is about a "forbidden" love, and "The selfish Giant" which is about...well read it and see, are particularly relevant.

Later on, they will learn that Oscar Wilde was gay.......

Thanks for this interesting and mostly open-minded thread. Just wanted to add that as the daughter of a lesbian I was very aware of and interested in the relationships of the adults around me, throughout my childhood. Not sure why anyone would imagine that children don't take an interest in these things, when they represent such a large part of the child's world.

Of course, no one ever mentioned my family set-up at school (Clause 28 in full force). How wonderful that we now live in an age where children can learn all about the importance of respect for others and for themselves,

I honestly dont know what to say to my son about homosexuality at the moment, if he were to ask in depth. He goes go to an a RC primary, but as children most, is curious. Justin Bieber is taboo due to his "philandering ways", I imagine the overall stance to homosexuality is that it is also taboo. We answer his questions with a straight forward "some boys fall in love with boys, and some with girls, it is natures way". It seems to satisfy his curiosity for now. Although some parents find it astonishing that some children say we descend from apes, such nonsense!

Apologies for my flippant remark earlier, I just could not believe the OP was sincere.

About 5 years ago, when my ds was 15 at an all boys' school, they talked about homosexuality being an 'illness' in RE. (This followed some worrying lessons about personal angels .)
I complained that homosexuality was being discussed in such a negative manner with boys who were at such a vulnerable age, and got a conciliatory response. I wasn't aware that bigotry was on the curriculum.