According to Democrats, children’s fundamental rights to education and autonomy are being attacked as books are banned across the United States. According to Republicans, a slew of sexualized graphic novels and “educational” titles are being pushed on ever younger readers. So what’s really going on?
, it’s good to see a father of young children have a reasonable response to a book that reportedly contains 78 images of naked bodies.It's Perfectly Normal
from school libraries would be a good thing. He includes several long quotes from sex educator Melissa Pintor Carnagey, who tells him that parents should “embrace” the feeling of shock they feel at books such as“There’s nothing wrong or bad with you as an adult or parent if this feels uncomfortable. You learned that. We can unlearn. It takes time, knowledge, education. And banning books that help us on that path is not the answer,” she says, reportedly in a “comforting” tone.
This leads Ismail to stay on the fence, leaning toward condemning the book but unwilling to plant his feet on one side: “As I got further into the book, I began to see it the way Carnagey does, as a meaningful book intent on destigmatizing everything from puberty to sex, birth, and STDs,” he writes.
“Experts” are saying that going into graphic, visual detail in a book teaching the birds and the bees to children is a good thing, and who are we to say that they’re wrong? More from Examiner
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