unfortunately, that’s a bad metric as many bad things can happen to young children, and learning about those things at a young age can be unnecessarily traumatic.
however by eighth grade… kids are old enough to be learning about the holocaust, and well past the age when they need to be learning about their own body.
the “culture war” phrasing to me lends a “both sides” weight that doesn’t exist, and makes it seem like it’s all low stakes theoretical conflicts.
really on the one hand: we have people seeking to eliminate other groups from public life and even to physically harm them; and, on the other hand we have people trying to live their lives free from harm.
i don’t know what’s a better catchy phrase – but it’s not a war about culture, it’s actual attacks on people.
