Yo, this got me too man, considered not even posting it on principle
Is this even a contest?
Robin Williams is needed for my soul.
No.
Saw this on Twitter and thought it worth sharing. What on earth is the NSPCC doing stating stuff like this:
âEven young children can show sexual behaviours like kissing and huggingâŚâ Are they trying to normalise this kind of attitude and why?
What age group is this for?
It seems like the page is there for parents who have concerns about behaviours that might be being exhibited by their child, so having read it I feel like the purpose of that sentence is possibly there to assuage the fears of parents who might be concerned that whatâs actually fairly normal or common behaviour that isnât really harmful. I guess with primary school age kids, pre puberty, you sometimes get kids who seem particularly fond of other kids or teachers and often try to hug them. I remember in early primary school quute a few kids were always playing kiss chase and whatnot. Some parents might be concerned by this quite normal behaviour and overreact or start worrying about it when they neednât really.
Perhaps that sentence is there to make it clear that some young kids behave in this very affectionate way and that them hugging or kissing other kids or possibly adults isnât necessarily the kind of behaviour they should be worried about. After that sentence follows sections on when childrenâs behaviour can cross the line into the territory of being âinappropriate sexual behaviourâ and what you should do if that criteria has been met.
Iâm not sure I personally see much to be overly concerned about with that sentence youâve highlighted, or at least, Iâm not sure it would have stood out hugely if Iâd been reading that page and you hadnât pointed it out.
Why wouldnât they have these discussions with children? Itâs important to wise them up from a young age and get them to feel comfortable talking about these things.
If the article was speaking about teenagers then fine, but it clearly stated âyoung childrenâ, so thatâs presumably anything above toddler to pre-teen. If it was simply offering guidance in identifying sexual maturation or of sexual abuse then fine. But it didnât do that. It sexualised a young childâs actions, labelling kisses and hugs as sometimes sexual. Are young childrenâs hugs and kisses sexual?
It feels like an otherwise helpful article with a concerning statement smuggled in. I certainly donât want to see a notion like hugs are sexual becoming part of a normal discourse on children.
I think the point is that people might consider hugging and kissing to be concerning sexual behaviour, and the point of that sentence is to say âwhat you consider to be concerning sexual behaviour might actually be perfectly normal for a child, donât worry it is normal for them to want to hug and kiss people at their ageâ
Thatâs just how Iâm reading it though, totally through my own lens.
Personally, I know of people who had their first sexual experiences in pre teen years so I donât think itâs truly a big deal to teach children about other childrenâs behaviours.
Iâd also say that, itâs wise to get young children thinking about these things because there are a lot of predators who prey on the naivety and obvious lack of understanding in young children.
But I donât think the article in itself addresses that this is just my overriding feeling about teaching young kids about sex.
Watching newsnight. What is this q-anon shit rifling through America lol
Was watching Newsnight earlier as well but only caught a glimpse.
No idea. Must be related to that whole âAnonâ 4chan hacker group and Iâm sure itâs
related to the whole redpill, incel movement as well.
the irony in all this Russia shit. MI6 helped Putin come to power in Russia in 2000.
I suppose itâs okay if we interfere in their affairs.
Putin is a scumbag, but I despise all these liberal cunts that idolise the status quo blame everything they donât like on Putin. Apparently Putin was behind Corbyn, behind Boris and behind Scottish independence all at the same time.
No wonder Russian economy is so fucked, given he is so busy in these affairs.
Yeah Qanon is an anonymous poster on 4chan who shares intelligence information. A lot of Trump supporters regard it as a genuine attempt to share sensitive info that will bring down the deep state. I remember reading a thread once which was wondering if Qanon is really Trump himself haha.
I follow some of the Qanon stuff on Twitter and they are really upset right now because a huge number of Qanon twitter feeds have been banned, making them more convinced that they are right.
The Q people are very strange. They simultaneously believe that Trump is trying to break up a deep rooted pedophilia ring thatâs embedded in US government but that itâs somehow taken him more than three years to do so. It just doesnât make sense.
Ahhhh thatâs why thereâs so many pics with Trump and Epstein. He was doing his research
Ofcourse it makes no sense. What kind of idiot thinks the narcissist in chief gives a shit about something that isnât related to Trumpâs sense of self?
yeah they focus on Epstein and the real possibility that he honey-trapped the likes of Clinton and Prince Andrew, but totally ignore that Trump was almost certainly doing the same thing from different locations. They think Trump is bringing it all down, but if you listen to victims like Maria Farmer she says itâs got worse not better since Trump.
