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A Fox News host has claimed that a Florida school district was teaching the “ABCs of Masturbation” to three-year-olds.
Trace Gallagher ran a segment on his show about a parent calling out Pasco County Schools over a guide called “Be an Askable Parent” that had been posted to its website.
“Well, the school district in Florida apparently thought three-year-olds needed to know their ABCs about masturbation, so they came up with a guide for parents,” Gallagher claimed on the right-wing channel.
The guide raises issues that parents may face, including if a three-year-old touches themselves. It states that a “possible answer” a parent could give their child is, “I know that feels good and you don’t have to stop. I just want you to do it in private because it’s personal.”
Gallagher played his audience a video clip of a parent, Ronald Holstein, complaining about the guide to the school board.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t remember ever having a conversation with any of my three-year-olds where that was appropriate,” Mr Holstein said in the video. “This even goes on to teaching from four- to eight-years old. The same type of situations. I don’t feel this is safe.”
The school district, which lies north of Tampa, was contacted by “Crisis in the Classroom”, a nationwide educational news brand of the conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group, reported ABC15.
A spokesperson for the district said in a statement that they had “discovered that this document mentioned is in a part of our website that was archived some time ago.”
A spokesperson for the school district says that the guide was posted on their website in 2019 and was in compliance with a directive from the State of Florida. They added that it was not produced by the district and was provided to it.
In a statement, the Pasco County School district said: “We, as a…
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