[Domicile of Doom]

My answer to my 7 year old is to point and say those men are sick. They have a mental disorder, which is why they are acting that way. That should be the end of that kind of talk.

[Rodney Kings Brain]

That is kind of my point - parents should be allowed to teach their children about these issues rather than the schools. The schools have their own agenda and that may not (probably will not) be the same as the parents as regards values, etc. I should have explained why I posted this. I am helping a group of people approach their school board because they are concerned with some of the books being used, etc. I used to be a teacher (which is why my friend called me in the first place) and I really wanted suggestions from you rather than being "vain." If there is anything you think I could add or any links that may be useful to me (or if you want to tell me this is a piece of garbage) then do so. I would rather be torn to shreds here than a public forum.

[dmz]

I guess having watched mental illness up close and personal (my mother is bipolar and suffered a pyschotic break as a result 10 years back - on her meds and doing well now), I do not throw the term "mental disorder" around lightly.

My experience with my kids, 2 of who were at very impressionable ages, is that they fear mental illness. That is not what I'd want to instill in them, that gays, as mentally disordered, are to be feared. But that's just me.