Anne Frank Adaptation 40 More Books From Texas School District

Back in April, Laney Hawes thought she had saved a graphic novel adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank from being purged from the libraries and classrooms of a North Texas school district. But on Tuesday morning, a school official sent an email telling principals and librarians to pull it off the shelves — along with 40 other books. A day before school started for its roughly 35,000 students, the Keller Independent School District announced a last-minute review of several books that had been challenged in the previous school year, an email obtained by the Washington Post shows. While those conflicts had already been resolved by book committees made up of parents, librarians, administrators and teachers, policies adopted earlier this month by the new school board resulted in the recall of 41 publications, including classics like “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. The board cited concerns from parents about adult content, including depictions of sexual activities. But in November, a parent also voiced his opposition to “any variation” of the Bible in schools. A second challenge followed in December, and while a board review initially determined that the Bible would remain in its current library location, it too was involved in Tuesday’s sweep. The removal of the adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank has sparked backlash since it was announced. In a joint statement Wednesday, the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant County and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas and the Jewish Community Relations Council expressed disappointment in the decision and urged the school district to “put the book back on the shelf.” “It is imperative that we teach our children about the Holocaust in age-appropriate ways as outlined in the Texas state standards for Holocaust education,” the statement said. “In an age of rising anti-Semitism, we must be extra careful that nothing like the Holocaust ever happens again.” Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purge of ideas’ ONE A school district spokesperson told The Post that “books that meet the new guidelines will be returned to the libraries once they are confirmed to be in compliance with the new policy.” In a Facebook post, board chairman Charles Radcliffe said the review was necessary “to protect children from obscene sexual content.” But for Hawes, whose four children are students in the district, the decision to pull the books from the shelves underscores how politics has seeped into school boards — a trend playing out across the United States. “These are people who want to bring political culture wars into our schools,” Hawes told The Post. “We can have these games all we want elsewhere, but don’t bring them to my children’s schools.” Challenges to the book are nothing new, but they have grown at a fever pitch over the past year as a growing movement on the right embraces them as a political talking point. An April report by PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that 1,586 books were banned in 86 school districts from July 2021 to March 2022, affecting more than 2 million students. Texas — where a lawmaker distributed a watch list of 850 books last year — ranks above the other 25 states that have bans, with 713 book bans, according to the report. The rise in book bans, explained At Keller Schools, the list of books being challenged includes LGBTQ touchstones like Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic.” poetry such as ‘Milk and Honey’ by Rupi Kaur. and young adult novels such as Me and the Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews and the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Many focus on gay or transgender characters. All had been reviewed by district book committees — with some approved, removed, or age restrictions are set. In the spring, Hawes — one of the parents on the book committee — was asked to look into a complaint about Ari Folman and David Polonsky’s adaptation of “The Diary of a Young Girl.” Based on the unabridged version of Anne Frank’s journal, it was hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “so engaging and effective that it is easy to imagine it replacing Calendar in classrooms and younger readers”. The novel depicts the hope and despair Frank felt during the time he was hiding from the Nazis in a tiny annex. But it also includes some of her references to female genitalia and a possible attraction to women. The parent who complained about the book did not appear on the book review board, so it is unclear what that person objected to, House said. The committee of about eight people ultimately voted to keep the book — but only in middle and high school libraries, since it was classified as a novel for young adults. “We were so excited because we thought we had saved this book and we had done our part,” Hawes said. “And then the school board election happened the next week, and the dynamics of the school board changed.” Nashville Debuts Limited Edition “I Read Banned Books” Library Card Keller is one of 20 school districts in Tarrant County, a politically divided area where Joe Biden won by just 1,826 votes in the 2020 presidential election. The election results sparked a conservative push to take over school boards in the county, House said. Patriot Mobile Action, a Christian political action committee based in Texas, endorsed and financed the campaigns of 11 countywide school board candidates, all of whom won. Three of them joined Keller’s seven-member board of directors in May. One of their first moves was to review the district’s book selection. On Aug. 8, the new board adopted two policies approved by the state education department regarding the acquisition and review of educational materials and library books. During that Aug. 8 meeting, some parents thanked the new board for its expedited efforts to “remove the sexual porn” — efforts, one mother said, that began the previous October, when her right-wing Libs Twitter account TikTok showed that the school had a copy of Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer: a Memoir,” which has been disputed in many quarters. Hawes acknowledged that not every book is right for every child. But “calling them pornography just shuts down the whole conversation because we’re not in the same reality,” he said. “We can agree or disagree, but these are important and reasonable conversations to have as parents,” Hawes said. “How come we’re suddenly in a place where we can’t hear each other or find some sort of compromise?” she added.

title: “Anne Frank Adaptation 40 More Books From Texas School District Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-24” author: “Shawn Hartman”

Back in April, Laney Hawes thought she had saved a graphic novel adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank from being purged from the libraries and classrooms of a North Texas school district. But on Tuesday morning, a school official sent an email telling principals and librarians to pull it off the shelves — along with 40 other books. A day before school started for its roughly 35,000 students, the Keller Independent School District announced a last-minute review of several books that had been challenged in the previous school year, an email obtained by the Washington Post shows. While those conflicts had already been resolved by book committees made up of parents, librarians, administrators and teachers, policies adopted earlier this month by the new school board resulted in the recall of 41 publications, including classics like “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. The board cited concerns from parents about adult content, including depictions of sexual activities. But in November, a parent also voiced his opposition to “any variation” of the Bible in schools. A second challenge followed in December, and while a board review initially determined that the Bible would remain in its current library location, it too was involved in Tuesday’s sweep. The removal of the adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank has sparked backlash since it was announced. In a joint statement Wednesday, the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant County and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas and the Jewish Community Relations Council expressed disappointment in the decision and urged the school district to “put the book back on the shelf.” “It is imperative that we teach our children about the Holocaust in age-appropriate ways as outlined in the Texas state standards for Holocaust education,” the statement said. “In an age of rising anti-Semitism, we must be extra careful that nothing like the Holocaust ever happens again.” Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purge of ideas’ ONE A school district spokesperson told The Post that “books that meet the new guidelines will be returned to the libraries once they are confirmed to be in compliance with the new policy.” In a Facebook post, board chairman Charles Radcliffe said the review was necessary “to protect children from obscene sexual content.” But for Hawes, whose four children are students in the district, the decision to pull the books from the shelves underscores how politics has seeped into school boards — a trend playing out across the United States. “These are people who want to bring political culture wars into our schools,” Hawes told The Post. “We can have these games all we want elsewhere, but don’t bring them to my children’s schools.” Challenges to the book are nothing new, but they have grown at a fever pitch over the past year as a growing movement on the right embraces them as a political talking point. An April report by PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that 1,586 books were banned in 86 school districts from July 2021 to March 2022, affecting more than 2 million students. Texas — where a lawmaker distributed a watch list of 850 books last year — ranks above the other 25 states that have bans, with 713 book bans, according to the report. The rise in book bans, explained At Keller Schools, the list of books being challenged includes LGBTQ touchstones like Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic.” poetry such as ‘Milk and Honey’ by Rupi Kaur. and young adult novels such as Me and the Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews and the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Many focus on gay or transgender characters. All had been reviewed by district book committees — with some approved, removed, or age restrictions are set. In the spring, Hawes — one of the parents on the book committee — was asked to look into a complaint about Ari Folman and David Polonsky’s adaptation of “The Diary of a Young Girl.” Based on the unabridged version of Anne Frank’s journal, it was hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “so engaging and effective that it is easy to imagine it replacing Calendar in classrooms and younger readers”. The novel depicts the hope and despair Frank felt during the time he was hiding from the Nazis in a tiny annex. But it also includes some of her references to female genitalia and a possible attraction to women. The parent who complained about the book did not appear on the book review board, so it is unclear what that person objected to, House said. The committee of about eight people ultimately voted to keep the book — but only in middle and high school libraries, since it was classified as a novel for young adults. “We were so excited because we thought we had saved this book and we had done our part,” Hawes said. “And then the school board election happened the next week, and the dynamics of the school board changed.” Nashville Debuts Limited Edition “I Read Banned Books” Library Card Keller is one of 20 school districts in Tarrant County, a politically divided area where Joe Biden won by just 1,826 votes in the 2020 presidential election. The election results sparked a conservative push to take over school boards in the county, House said. Patriot Mobile Action, a Christian political action committee based in Texas, endorsed and financed the campaigns of 11 countywide school board candidates, all of whom won. Three of them joined Keller’s seven-member board of directors in May. One of their first moves was to review the district’s book selection. On Aug. 8, the new board adopted two policies approved by the state education department regarding the acquisition and review of educational materials and library books. During that Aug. 8 meeting, some parents thanked the new board for its expedited efforts to “remove the sexual porn” — efforts, one mother said, that began the previous October, when her right-wing Libs Twitter account TikTok showed that the school had a copy of Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer: a Memoir,” which has been disputed in many quarters. Hawes acknowledged that not every book is right for every child. But “calling them pornography just shuts down the whole conversation because we’re not in the same reality,” he said. “We can agree or disagree, but these are important and reasonable conversations to have as parents,” Hawes said. “How come we’re suddenly in a place where we can’t hear each other or find some sort of compromise?” she added.

title: “Anne Frank Adaptation 40 More Books From Texas School District Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-12” author: “Terry Tignor”

Back in April, Laney Hawes thought she had saved a graphic novel adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank from being purged from the libraries and classrooms of a North Texas school district. But on Tuesday morning, a school official sent an email telling principals and librarians to pull it off the shelves — along with 40 other books. A day before school started for its roughly 35,000 students, the Keller Independent School District announced a last-minute review of several books that had been challenged in the previous school year, an email obtained by the Washington Post shows. While those conflicts had already been resolved by book committees made up of parents, librarians, administrators and teachers, policies adopted earlier this month by the new school board resulted in the recall of 41 publications, including classics like “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. The board cited concerns from parents about adult content, including depictions of sexual activities. But in November, a parent also voiced his opposition to “any variation” of the Bible in schools. A second challenge followed in December, and while a board review initially determined that the Bible would remain in its current library location, it too was involved in Tuesday’s sweep. The removal of the adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank has sparked backlash since it was announced. In a joint statement Wednesday, the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant County and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas and the Jewish Community Relations Council expressed disappointment in the decision and urged the school district to “put the book back on the shelf.” “It is imperative that we teach our children about the Holocaust in age-appropriate ways as outlined in the Texas state standards for Holocaust education,” the statement said. “In an age of rising anti-Semitism, we must be extra careful that nothing like the Holocaust ever happens again.” Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purge of ideas’ ONE A school district spokesperson told The Post that “books that meet the new guidelines will be returned to the libraries once they are confirmed to be in compliance with the new policy.” In a Facebook post, board chairman Charles Radcliffe said the review was necessary “to protect children from obscene sexual content.” But for Hawes, whose four children are students in the district, the decision to pull the books from the shelves underscores how politics has seeped into school boards — a trend playing out across the United States. “These are people who want to bring political culture wars into our schools,” Hawes told The Post. “We can have these games all we want elsewhere, but don’t bring them to my children’s schools.” Challenges to the book are nothing new, but they have grown at a fever pitch over the past year as a growing movement on the right embraces them as a political talking point. An April report by PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that 1,586 books were banned in 86 school districts from July 2021 to March 2022, affecting more than 2 million students. Texas — where a lawmaker distributed a watch list of 850 books last year — ranks above the other 25 states that have bans, with 713 book bans, according to the report. The rise in book bans, explained At Keller Schools, the list of books being challenged includes LGBTQ touchstones like Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic.” poetry such as ‘Milk and Honey’ by Rupi Kaur. and young adult novels such as Me and the Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews and the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Many focus on gay or transgender characters. All had been reviewed by district book committees — with some approved, removed, or age restrictions are set. In the spring, Hawes — one of the parents on the book committee — was asked to look into a complaint about Ari Folman and David Polonsky’s adaptation of “The Diary of a Young Girl.” Based on the unabridged version of Anne Frank’s journal, it was hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “so engaging and effective that it is easy to imagine it replacing Calendar in classrooms and younger readers”. The novel depicts the hope and despair Frank felt during the time he was hiding from the Nazis in a tiny annex. But it also includes some of her references to female genitalia and a possible attraction to women. The parent who complained about the book did not appear on the book review board, so it is unclear what that person objected to, House said. The committee of about eight people ultimately voted to keep the book — but only in middle and high school libraries, since it was classified as a novel for young adults. “We were so excited because we thought we had saved this book and we had done our part,” Hawes said. “And then the school board election happened the next week, and the dynamics of the school board changed.” Nashville Debuts Limited Edition “I Read Banned Books” Library Card Keller is one of 20 school districts in Tarrant County, a politically divided area where Joe Biden won by just 1,826 votes in the 2020 presidential election. The election results sparked a conservative push to take over school boards in the county, House said. Patriot Mobile Action, a Christian political action committee based in Texas, endorsed and financed the campaigns of 11 countywide school board candidates, all of whom won. Three of them joined Keller’s seven-member board of directors in May. One of their first moves was to review the district’s book selection. On Aug. 8, the new board adopted two policies approved by the state education department regarding the acquisition and review of educational materials and library books. During that Aug. 8 meeting, some parents thanked the new board for its expedited efforts to “remove the sexual porn” — efforts, one mother said, that began the previous October, when her right-wing Libs Twitter account TikTok showed that the school had a copy of Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer: a Memoir,” which has been disputed in many quarters. Hawes acknowledged that not every book is right for every child. But “calling them pornography just shuts down the whole conversation because we’re not in the same reality,” he said. “We can agree or disagree, but these are important and reasonable conversations to have as parents,” Hawes said. “How come we’re suddenly in a place where we can’t hear each other or find some sort of compromise?” she added.

title: “Anne Frank Adaptation 40 More Books From Texas School District Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-26” author: “Tiffany Stoops”

Back in April, Laney Hawes thought she had saved a graphic novel adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank from being purged from the libraries and classrooms of a North Texas school district. But on Tuesday morning, a school official sent an email telling principals and librarians to pull it off the shelves — along with 40 other books. A day before school started for its roughly 35,000 students, the Keller Independent School District announced a last-minute review of several books that had been challenged in the previous school year, an email obtained by the Washington Post shows. While those conflicts had already been resolved by book committees made up of parents, librarians, administrators and teachers, policies adopted earlier this month by the new school board resulted in the recall of 41 publications, including classics like “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. The board cited concerns from parents about adult content, including depictions of sexual activities. But in November, a parent also voiced his opposition to “any variation” of the Bible in schools. A second challenge followed in December, and while a board review initially determined that the Bible would remain in its current library location, it too was involved in Tuesday’s sweep. The removal of the adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank has sparked backlash since it was announced. In a joint statement Wednesday, the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant County and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas and the Jewish Community Relations Council expressed disappointment in the decision and urged the school district to “put the book back on the shelf.” “It is imperative that we teach our children about the Holocaust in age-appropriate ways as outlined in the Texas state standards for Holocaust education,” the statement said. “In an age of rising anti-Semitism, we must be extra careful that nothing like the Holocaust ever happens again.” Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purge of ideas’ ONE A school district spokesperson told The Post that “books that meet the new guidelines will be returned to the libraries once they are confirmed to be in compliance with the new policy.” In a Facebook post, board chairman Charles Radcliffe said the review was necessary “to protect children from obscene sexual content.” But for Hawes, whose four children are students in the district, the decision to pull the books from the shelves underscores how politics has seeped into school boards — a trend playing out across the United States. “These are people who want to bring political culture wars into our schools,” Hawes told The Post. “We can have these games all we want elsewhere, but don’t bring them to my children’s schools.” Challenges to the book are nothing new, but they have grown at a fever pitch over the past year as a growing movement on the right embraces them as a political talking point. An April report by PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that 1,586 books were banned in 86 school districts from July 2021 to March 2022, affecting more than 2 million students. Texas — where a lawmaker distributed a watch list of 850 books last year — ranks above the other 25 states that have bans, with 713 book bans, according to the report. The rise in book bans, explained At Keller Schools, the list of books being challenged includes LGBTQ touchstones like Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic.” poetry such as ‘Milk and Honey’ by Rupi Kaur. and young adult novels such as Me and the Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews and the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Many focus on gay or transgender characters. All had been reviewed by district book committees — with some approved, removed, or age restrictions are set. In the spring, Hawes — one of the parents on the book committee — was asked to look into a complaint about Ari Folman and David Polonsky’s adaptation of “The Diary of a Young Girl.” Based on the unabridged version of Anne Frank’s journal, it was hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “so engaging and effective that it is easy to imagine it replacing Calendar in classrooms and younger readers”. The novel depicts the hope and despair Frank felt during the time he was hiding from the Nazis in a tiny annex. But it also includes some of her references to female genitalia and a possible attraction to women. The parent who complained about the book did not appear on the book review board, so it is unclear what that person objected to, House said. The committee of about eight people ultimately voted to keep the book — but only in middle and high school libraries, since it was classified as a novel for young adults. “We were so excited because we thought we had saved this book and we had done our part,” Hawes said. “And then the school board election happened the next week, and the dynamics of the school board changed.” Nashville Debuts Limited Edition “I Read Banned Books” Library Card Keller is one of 20 school districts in Tarrant County, a politically divided area where Joe Biden won by just 1,826 votes in the 2020 presidential election. The election results sparked a conservative push to take over school boards in the county, House said. Patriot Mobile Action, a Christian political action committee based in Texas, endorsed and financed the campaigns of 11 countywide school board candidates, all of whom won. Three of them joined Keller’s seven-member board of directors in May. One of their first moves was to review the district’s book selection. On Aug. 8, the new board adopted two policies approved by the state education department regarding the acquisition and review of educational materials and library books. During that Aug. 8 meeting, some parents thanked the new board for its expedited efforts to “remove the sexual porn” — efforts, one mother said, that began the previous October, when her right-wing Libs Twitter account TikTok showed that the school had a copy of Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer: a Memoir,” which has been disputed in many quarters. Hawes acknowledged that not every book is right for every child. But “calling them pornography just shuts down the whole conversation because we’re not in the same reality,” he said. “We can agree or disagree, but these are important and reasonable conversations to have as parents,” Hawes said. “How come we’re suddenly in a place where we can’t hear each other or find some sort of compromise?” she added.

title: “Anne Frank Adaptation 40 More Books From Texas School District Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Ronnie Fite”

Back in April, Laney Hawes thought she had saved a graphic novel adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank from being purged from the libraries and classrooms of a North Texas school district. But on Tuesday morning, a school official sent an email telling principals and librarians to pull it off the shelves — along with 40 other books. A day before school started for its roughly 35,000 students, the Keller Independent School District announced a last-minute review of several books that had been challenged in the previous school year, an email obtained by the Washington Post shows. While those conflicts had already been resolved by book committees made up of parents, librarians, administrators and teachers, policies adopted earlier this month by the new school board resulted in the recall of 41 publications, including classics like “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. The board cited concerns from parents about adult content, including depictions of sexual activities. But in November, a parent also voiced his opposition to “any variation” of the Bible in schools. A second challenge followed in December, and while a board review initially determined that the Bible would remain in its current library location, it too was involved in Tuesday’s sweep. The removal of the adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank has sparked backlash since it was announced. In a joint statement Wednesday, the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant County and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas and the Jewish Community Relations Council expressed disappointment in the decision and urged the school district to “put the book back on the shelf.” “It is imperative that we teach our children about the Holocaust in age-appropriate ways as outlined in the Texas state standards for Holocaust education,” the statement said. “In an age of rising anti-Semitism, we must be extra careful that nothing like the Holocaust ever happens again.” Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purge of ideas’ ONE A school district spokesperson told The Post that “books that meet the new guidelines will be returned to the libraries once they are confirmed to be in compliance with the new policy.” In a Facebook post, board chairman Charles Radcliffe said the review was necessary “to protect children from obscene sexual content.” But for Hawes, whose four children are students in the district, the decision to pull the books from the shelves underscores how politics has seeped into school boards — a trend playing out across the United States. “These are people who want to bring political culture wars into our schools,” Hawes told The Post. “We can have these games all we want elsewhere, but don’t bring them to my children’s schools.” Challenges to the book are nothing new, but they have grown at a fever pitch over the past year as a growing movement on the right embraces them as a political talking point. An April report by PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that 1,586 books were banned in 86 school districts from July 2021 to March 2022, affecting more than 2 million students. Texas — where a lawmaker distributed a watch list of 850 books last year — ranks above the other 25 states that have bans, with 713 book bans, according to the report. The rise in book bans, explained At Keller Schools, the list of books being challenged includes LGBTQ touchstones like Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic.” poetry such as ‘Milk and Honey’ by Rupi Kaur. and young adult novels such as Me and the Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews and the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Many focus on gay or transgender characters. All had been reviewed by district book committees — with some approved, removed, or age restrictions are set. In the spring, Hawes — one of the parents on the book committee — was asked to look into a complaint about Ari Folman and David Polonsky’s adaptation of “The Diary of a Young Girl.” Based on the unabridged version of Anne Frank’s journal, it was hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “so engaging and effective that it is easy to imagine it replacing Calendar in classrooms and younger readers”. The novel depicts the hope and despair Frank felt during the time he was hiding from the Nazis in a tiny annex. But it also includes some of her references to female genitalia and a possible attraction to women. The parent who complained about the book did not appear on the book review board, so it is unclear what that person objected to, House said. The committee of about eight people ultimately voted to keep the book — but only in middle and high school libraries, since it was classified as a novel for young adults. “We were so excited because we thought we had saved this book and we had done our part,” Hawes said. “And then the school board election happened the next week, and the dynamics of the school board changed.” Nashville Debuts Limited Edition “I Read Banned Books” Library Card Keller is one of 20 school districts in Tarrant County, a politically divided area where Joe Biden won by just 1,826 votes in the 2020 presidential election. The election results sparked a conservative push to take over school boards in the county, House said. Patriot Mobile Action, a Christian political action committee based in Texas, endorsed and financed the campaigns of 11 countywide school board candidates, all of whom won. Three of them joined Keller’s seven-member board of directors in May. One of their first moves was to review the district’s book selection. On Aug. 8, the new board adopted two policies approved by the state education department regarding the acquisition and review of educational materials and library books. During that Aug. 8 meeting, some parents thanked the new board for its expedited efforts to “remove the sexual porn” — efforts, one mother said, that began the previous October, when her right-wing Libs Twitter account TikTok showed that the school had a copy of Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer: a Memoir,” which has been disputed in many quarters. Hawes acknowledged that not every book is right for every child. But “calling them pornography just shuts down the whole conversation because we’re not in the same reality,” he said. “We can agree or disagree, but these are important and reasonable conversations to have as parents,” Hawes said. “How come we’re suddenly in a place where we can’t hear each other or find some sort of compromise?” she added.