Between TV, movies, and the internet, it can be a pretty tough obstacle for parents to protect their child's innocence.
It's no secret that sex sells and unfortunately for young kids, there are way more bad influences out there in the media than good ones. While this is nothing new, there's no denying that things in the media are more sexualized than ever before and even though many schools make efforts like enforcing strict dress codes, this next story tells us that they still have a long way to go.
Growing up, we didn't even have sex-ed at my middle school, so I find it absolutely insane that kids at East Forsyth Middle School in Kernersville, NC are being exposed to what one father calls "50 Shades of Grey" for kids. Travis Vanhoy was understandably outraged when his 12-year-old daughter said "Daddy, this is weird" and showed him a book she took out from the school's library.
The book is titled Real Live Boyfriends and contains excerpts like "And if you don’t like me that much anymore, why do you like grabbing my boob?" on page 101, followed by "“Eventually when his hand roamed up my dress toward my butt…"
The concerned father believes that his daughter and other young girls will read the tasteless "young adult fiction" book and think that this kind of behavior is ok. The school district responded that parents should contact them directly with concerns.
The book in question, "Real Live Boyfriends" by E. Lockhart is described as a young adult fiction novel on Amazon.com
North Carolina father Travis Vanhoy was stunned when his daughter showed him this passage from the book she took out of her middle school's library.
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