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‘My Duty as a Parent’: Inside the Fight to Remove Sexualized Content From School Libraries

'I am sickened to think that there are books like this in any classroom of a middle school for any child to read'

‘My Duty as a Parent’: Inside the Fight to Remove Sexualized Content From School Libraries
Loudoun County mothers Natassia Grover (L) and Amy Jahr at Jahr’s residence in Ashburn, Va. on Jan. 9, 2022. Graeme Jennings for The Epoch Times
Terri Wu
Terri Wu
1/11/2022|Updated: 1/13/2022

Something on television caught the attention of Stacy Langton, a mother of six living in northern Virginia, when she was cooking dinner for her family in mid-September 2021.

“Write a sex scene you wouldn’t show your mom; write an X-rated Disney scenario,” read the TV news reporter, showing prompts given to students of a writing class at a public high school in Hudson, Ohio.
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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].
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