Actually it is pretty fucking easy to navigate. It starts with a concept of respect. My kids play with with the next door neighbors kids. 2 little boys being raised by 2 women. No one makes a big thing of it. My kids wore masks, we washed groceries, and carried around hand sanitizer all without being traumatized. We didn't make a big thing of it. You have a dominant influence on your children and how you react will teach them how to react. I could rant and rave about common core math and how it was holding back my child, or I could just deal with it and teach him that this is just another way of teaching the subject AND that it is great that he has different ways to help him and others learn it. I didn't make a big thing of it.
Yeah, the athlete situation is a little different, it also impacts relatively few people, which doesn't warrant nearly the attention it is getting. The real situation is that people (including kids) were offing themselves and are being treated like shit/bullied. But since you don't start from a position of respect and empathy, this will be difficult for you to understand. Somehow people wanting to live their life their way is offensive to you. Teaching kids to normalize some outlier behaviors and relationships as a way of reducing the stigma and ultimately trying to save lives and reduce bullying is just horrific to you.
I do agree that some subjects are taught too young. The Holocaust and slavery are blights on mankind. I don't want my son to change how he sees his friends. I just want him to be ignorant of the horrors a little longer. When the school presented an option to read a book with elements of Anne Frank's experiences, I communicated with them that the imagery and emotions seemed a little too intense for my kiddo. They liked my feedback and consulted with me about other books. I didn't need to be a dick, lead a crusade, pretend I am a victim, nor did I make a judgement for other families. This is called mutual respect. This is what grown-ups are supposed to do and model.
Your type focuses so much on grooming and indoctrination, yet many of you are happy to take your kids to church and let them get bombarded with advertisements or eat food that has been manipulated to become nearly drug like for kids. Shit, I have seen kids 4 yrs old drink soda. That is a bigger problem. That shit is addictive.