Gimme a Break
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I guess this is just one of those headline news stories that just makes one want to bang their head against the wall. Ha! Reminds me of trying to instill logic to one of my boys when he was 14-15 after he would make some illogical comment or decision. Instead of talking to the wall, it was easier to bang one's head against it.
I'm talking about the totally inappropriate decision made by the School Board over the Birth Control Issue for the middle school here. Yes, I'm still trying to understand this whole thing. This committee has failed to protect our children. Leading our children to contraception has done nothing but fail our children. Who do they think they're kidding?
I read a quote today from the Associated Press from one who supported the vote. Richard Verrier said: "It's not enough to depend on parents to protect their children because there may be students who can't discuss things with their parents."
Not enough? Did you hear what he said. Parents aren't doing their jobs so the government has to step up and take their place? So putting them on BC is "protecting" them? This should be a wake up call to all parents out there. Watch your schools people!!
Any loving parent of a middle schooler would tell you that anyone encouraging or enabling a child to engage in sexual behavior at this age is not doing their job. But rather than teach, mentor or direct a child AWAY from this activity it's much easier to placate them with BC pills. Who exactly is benefitting here?
So now you have an 11 year old with her pack of pills. Is she going to be thinking she's "protected" now? What are the chances, first of all she will remember even to take this pill daily, and second of all still insist on condoms for STD's? I mean it's hard enough for them to even remember to take their vitamins or brush their teeth.
I really hate the logic behind all this. "well they are going to do it anyway so we should help protect them." Really? Last I knew it was a state law for a child under 14 or 16 to have sex. It's against the law people!!! So aren't we enabling them to break the law? How do we reconcile it's against the law for minors to have sex and giving them birth control to do so? I'm scratching my head here.......it's less painful than banging.
With that logic, I'd like to suggest we put down a big bowl of cigarettes in their homeroom at school and say, "go ahead you're going to do it anyway. Let us help. It's on us. We'll take care of the costs."
How about drugs? Isn't BC a drug? Why not bring in other drugs? How about steroids for the football players? They're taking them anyway. Might as well help them after we instruct them for proper usuage.
As John Stossell says......gimme a break.
I'm talking about the totally inappropriate decision made by the School Board over the Birth Control Issue for the middle school here. Yes, I'm still trying to understand this whole thing. This committee has failed to protect our children. Leading our children to contraception has done nothing but fail our children. Who do they think they're kidding?
I read a quote today from the Associated Press from one who supported the vote. Richard Verrier said: "It's not enough to depend on parents to protect their children because there may be students who can't discuss things with their parents."
Not enough? Did you hear what he said. Parents aren't doing their jobs so the government has to step up and take their place? So putting them on BC is "protecting" them? This should be a wake up call to all parents out there. Watch your schools people!!
Any loving parent of a middle schooler would tell you that anyone encouraging or enabling a child to engage in sexual behavior at this age is not doing their job. But rather than teach, mentor or direct a child AWAY from this activity it's much easier to placate them with BC pills. Who exactly is benefitting here?
So now you have an 11 year old with her pack of pills. Is she going to be thinking she's "protected" now? What are the chances, first of all she will remember even to take this pill daily, and second of all still insist on condoms for STD's? I mean it's hard enough for them to even remember to take their vitamins or brush their teeth.
I really hate the logic behind all this. "well they are going to do it anyway so we should help protect them." Really? Last I knew it was a state law for a child under 14 or 16 to have sex. It's against the law people!!! So aren't we enabling them to break the law? How do we reconcile it's against the law for minors to have sex and giving them birth control to do so? I'm scratching my head here.......it's less painful than banging.
With that logic, I'd like to suggest we put down a big bowl of cigarettes in their homeroom at school and say, "go ahead you're going to do it anyway. Let us help. It's on us. We'll take care of the costs."
How about drugs? Isn't BC a drug? Why not bring in other drugs? How about steroids for the football players? They're taking them anyway. Might as well help them after we instruct them for proper usuage.
As John Stossell says......gimme a break.
