Subj : I watched a movie the oth
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun Sep 07 2025 11:03:18

> RM>> I can see telling young kids that some families have 2 mommies
>   >> or 2 daddies but at that age I don't think it should go beyond that.

> MP>Same, except thanks to paedos, they do also have to teach them
>   >where other people shouldn't touch them.

> Absolutely, plus the basic don't talk to strangers warnings.
> You don't want to scare kids but they need some guidance..

> That said, I don't recall ever being told any of that as a kid.

I really don't, either... well, except the not talking to or getting into
cars with strangers part.  Things are either different now, or parents who
are of my generation and younger worry about it more now.  I know at least
one of my sisters had the "no touch" talk with her kid.

> Ha.. I remember my older sister taking me to R rated movies when I
> was 14 or 15 and my father used to leave his Playboy magazines in
> the magazine rack in the livingroom and nothing was said if I had
> a look through them. This was when I was about 11 or 12 so maybe
> it was getting close to the time to learn about such things, or
> maybe it totally warped me at an early age...   B)

I think part of how that works is the reaction if someone realizes you are
looking through them.  If they just treat it as a natural curiousity I
don't think it harms the kid that much.  OTOH, if they freak out... ;)

>MP>That is something I really don't understand.  If they are still a minor,
>  >how can a teacher or administrator think it is "right" to hide things from
>  >the kid's parents?  Yet, there are a lot of people, including parents (from
>  >what I can tell, usually mothers), that think this is the way to go and the
>  >100% right thing to do.  They get upset if they find out their school
>  >system does *not* hide things from parents.

> I can sort of understand part of that thinking, that kids won't tell
> teachers things if they think it will go straight to their parents,
> but the privacy aspect of that should probably depend on how serious
> the situation is, and if it's a danger to the student.

Agreed, and what type of situation.  If abuse in the home is suspected, for
example, that changes things.  I don't think that Tim wanting to be a girl,
and helping him to transition, is one of those instances that should be
kept from parents as it could do more harm than good.

> MP>I don't know for a fact, but I suspect a lot of them are the ones
>   >that think kids can "raise themselves" and that let the kid set
>   >the tone for what happens at home, too.

> My parents were not into 'heavy' parenting as long as you did
> what you were supposed to do, although I think they were
> thinking they'd have to write me off sooner or later once I
> was old enough to drive and started working long hours after
> school to afford motorcycles and muscle cars.

But I am betting they didn't let you set the tone at home, i.e. deciding
yourself what you were and weren't supposed to do.  The parents and kids I
am thinking of get to do just that.

> MP>Because they were too young to know what was going on.  I had a relative
>   >that, around that age, decided they were a lesbian because boys were "icky.
>   >They later graduated high school and realized they like boys instead.

> Ha.. call it what you will but a lot of women after having several
> bad relationships with men suddenly decide they are lesbians..
> Are they lesbians who tried to live a 'straight' life or are they
> just fed up with men but still want sex not requiring batteries..  B)

Yeah, that does happen.  I honestly think some of that has to do with
whether or not they want children, and whether or not they've fulfilled
that desire.  Once they have, men are not as necessary to them.

> There's also the old 'joke' about LUG's in College dorms..
> (Lesbian Until Graduation..)    B)

I have always looked at that like an effective form of birth control, i.e.
making sure you don't get pregnant before you get your degree.

Mike

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