Wow, a story with a nice outcome for a change.

Teacher to return to work after sex change (http://www.yahoo.com/s/275875)

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Yes a very nice outcome. Also it is great to see someone becoming their true self no matter what the age. Don't give up hope there is always time to reach your goals.

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I was going to say, bit late in the day for that...but oh well. So long as she's happy.

As far as the uppity parents, well, they need to get over themselves.

We joke about things like this all the time, and even the 8 yo. here understands you can have an operation and switch sexes. He thinks it's "weird" but I honestly don't think it's going to mess up his head so bad that he'll be terrified to go to school.

I think the kids that end up 'messed up' are the one's whom the parents guard from 'Reality'. This IS..... Reality. This is what the world is, this is what some people do.

Yes, it's nice to tell kids about a magical character that drives a sled around the world in one night named Santa Clause. It's nice to show them fantasy movies like Star Wars and Harry Potter. It's beyond my personal comprehension to tell them 'The Stork' is repsonsible for babies, and that abstinance only is an entire sex talk for some. It's beyond my comprehension to tell them 'Just Say No' as an entire speech about drugs, but some parents do.

However, and again, none of that has anything to do with 'Reality'. Sure, you don't need to tell children of certain ages the reality of everything that happens in this world, but you also don't need to fill their heads with elaborate lies about important issues either.

Kids can handle and comprehend a lot, if given the chance. And I think parents should give them the chance to understand reality every once in a while. After all, that's the one thing that's not going to go away anytime soon. Fantasy will come and go, reality is here forever.

In an off note, or perhaps not, it's always amazed me that a large part of American society will still tell 18 year olds to 'Just Say No' to sex, and 'Abstinance Only' is their entire life time sex talk with them.

They will tell them that making love to another human being is wrong unless you are 'licensed' by God to do so. And then in the same breath, will congratulate them for joining the military right out of high school where they will spend months learning how to use weapons to kill human beings.

I find it very bizarre indeed.