Amy K. Hall

PUBLISHED
Tue, 12/11/2018 - 03:00

I was contacted by a father whose 12-year-old daughter’s required summer reading list included The Misfits, a novel that “prominently features a gay character, and is obviously meant to introduce the students to homosexuality in a positive way.” He asked me for advice on what he should do. Should he push back against the school? Read the book with his daughter? Something else?

Since this is the kind of situation many of you could find yourselves in at some point, I thought I’d share my answer here.

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