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Summary Of Lgbt Crowd Eyes Preschool Children By Deirdre Reilly
The general argument made by author Deirdre Reilly in her work, “LGBT Crowd Eyes Preschool Children,” is that the curriculum in your small child’s school or class may need to be looked at more closely now than ever. More specifically, Reilly argues that school systems are considering teaching preschoolers and kindergarten kids about what gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, etc. means since now it’s pretty much all we hear about now. She writes, “It is easily conceivable that videos such as these will be sanctioned eventually by local school boards and implemented in preschool and prekindergarten classes”, (para.6). In this passage, Ryan, is suggesting that kids will learn about different sexualities and how they're okay at a young age. In conclusion,

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