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Children’s Book About a Boy In a Dress Under Fire at School |
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Lee Markham, the father of a third grader at Ada Elementary school in Ada, Michigan, became “immediately concerned” when he learned his child’s teacher read Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress to the class, he explained in an email to local news station WOOD-TV.
This children’s book has raised at least one parent’s ire. (Image courtesy of Christine Baldacchino)
“After scouring the Internet, I found that the author is from Canada and takes up a cause under the guise of ‘anti-bullying,’” Markham wrote. “The book, however, is more about accepting someone who does not adhere to typical gender norms… I feel that my child, who is a Christian, had his first amendment rights violated. Parents were never contacted. This is definitely an issue that should be dealt with at home, and not in the school.”
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But district superintendent Daniel Behm told the news station that the school was simply responding to questions from students about the issue. “This book is not part of our typical curriculum, but it was chosen with the teacher and the counselor after some students kept raising questions about some people [who] dressed differently,” Behm said. He believed it was important to foster understanding at once, explaining, “When students ask a question, and teachers [are] sort of saying ‘well, let me get back with you after I write a letter to all the parents to see if I can answer that for you,’ I think that’s where it becomes, on a day-to-day practical level, a challenge.”
Related:http://www.kissyprom.co.uk
Noted Markham, who is a military vet who fought in Afghanistan, “My child said it began because one boy wears skirts and tights into school, and his parents encourage the behavior. The boy even told my son that ‘nobody is allowed to make fun of him, because he can wear whatever he wants to wear and everyone has to accept it.’ Obviously, there must be some coaching going on.” Markham also objected, as he told the television station, because “if any of these kids weren’t thinking about wearing dresses, they are now.”
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But that’s a common misconception about how kids and gender play actually works, Yukon Jenkins of the Transactive Gender Center in Portland, Ore., tells Yahoo Style. “Children as young as 3 know their gender identity. You are who you are,” she says. It’s whether you let your true self be seen or not that may be affected by a book like Morris Micklewhite. “It doesn’t change a child’s mind about who they are; it just creates a safe environment for a child to express it.”
Related:http://www.kissyprom.co.uk/short-mini-prom-dresses-online
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