[rogerdraig]

shouldn't have named it should have explained to parents their intention from the beginning not up to the school to decide when a child is ready for ALL the facts of life

most here saying that she did the right thing are the first to point at parents for not parenting

i know if they had done this with out informing me especially with my youngest child I would have been gunning for her resignation too

i am not a vegetarian and would when they were old enough show them an abattoir some thing many here have never seen i have killed animals for various reasons from chickens for food to putting ( helping ) a beloved pet down

all of these things and how you explain them depend on the child and how it was brought up yes some see it from birth in real terms ( though few now ) if brought up on a farm but most don't and a lot of us would prefer the Kids stay kids as long as they can rather than being forced into the adult world for anything