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  • How can we protect kids? By knowing that sex education and grooming are not the same. (Barf / groomer alert)

    05/22/2022 7:46:37 AM PDT · by DoodleBob · 39 replies
    NBC ^ | May 11, 2022 | Justine Ang Fong, Leah Carey
    As sex educators, we are deeply concerned about the recent effort to paint our work as “grooming” or “sexualizing” children. In fact, our goal is the exact opposite: to make sure children have the skills needed to repel the tactics used by predators. ...So the question of the moment is: How is sex education different from grooming? “My God! Why is that even a question?” (Rahel Bayar, a former sex crimes and child abuse prosecutor) laughed. “Grooming typically involves secrecy … which is one of the reasons why we teach the difference between secrets and surprises. Secrets have no ending...
  • A Private-School Sex Educator Defends Her Methods (Pornography Literacy)

    07/08/2021 7:30:16 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 18 replies
    NYT ^ | 07 07 2021 | Valeriya Safronova
    Sex education is a sensitive subject. But during nine years at the prestigious Dalton School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, seven of which she spent as the director of health and wellness, Justine Ang Fonte seemed to be handling it with success. She developed curriculums for students from kindergarten through 12th grade; hired three other health educators; and organized documentary viewings, discussions and workshops for parents. She also was a regular speaker at educational forums, like the National Association of Independent Schools’s People of Color Conference, and offered workshops and presentations at other New York City schools. One...