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  "path": "/opinion/commentary/2026/02/23/voices-age-appropriate-books-about/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-23T13:03:14.000Z",
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  "textContent": "“Protecting kids and teens from discussions about sex is not saving them from assaults. And books are not causing the assaults,” writes Shannon Hale in an op-ed. “But books can aid in clarifying what consensual touch and sex are and what they are not.”",
  "title": "Voices: Reading age-appropriate books about sexual assault would have helped me as a kid. Today’s students deserve better."
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