Obvious DESPERATE Ploy by Republicans

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Obvious DESPERATE Ploy by Republicans
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Tue, 10-07-2008 - 12:47pm

It’s so obvious that McCain/Palin and the Republicans

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Registered: 12-07-2006
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 7:48pm

The teenagers I know are anything BUT naive and they don't learn (or need to learn) about sex, etc. from their parents.

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Registered: 04-29-2003
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 7:59pm

I’ll respect your opinion but I completely and 100% disagree with you.

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Registered: 10-07-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 8:06pm

I agree that some are not blessed with that in the home.

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Registered: 12-07-2006
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 8:13pm

What exactly is it you're disagreeing with?

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Registered: 04-29-2003
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 9:11pm

You cannot compare an apple to an orange.

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Registered: 04-29-2003
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 9:23pm

This is what I disagree with.


You wrote:

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Registered: 10-07-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 9:27pm
Well that is a debateable statement.
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Registered: 10-01-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 9:56pm

>>I agree that some are not blessed with that in the home. However why should that fall on the schools?

IMO, because it's a matter of life and death. A lot has been mentioned here about unplanned teenage pregnancies. But no one has said a word about HIV/AIDS. Teens are at great risk of getting HIV from heterosexual sex. Great risk. And in fact, these are young teens -- 13, 14, 15 years old -- not older teens. Would I be happy if my daughter got pregnant at a young age? Nope. But I'd be devastated if she got HIV.

It's so easy to screw up sex ed at home. I know many, many smart and thoughtful parents who admit that they struggle with this issue. (Goodness knows my mother and father did a horrible job of it.) I say, let the professionals fill in the gaps. If your kid knows it all, the worst that will happen is that they'll be a little bit bored. (Now, if you don't like what's being taught, that's another issue. And I suspect that's what is really at play here.)

>>Some children aren't blessed to have religion in their home but that isn't taught in school either.

It should be noted that many families without religion don't feel that they're missing out on a thing. *smile* But the obvious response to your comment is that sex education is just that "education," but the constitution provides freedom of religion, which means that my non-Jewish daughter doesn't need to be indoctrinated into Orthodox Judaism at her public school. (Not that there's anything wrong with Orthodox Judaism; it's just the predominate religion in my neighborhood.)

Laura

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Registered: 10-01-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 10:03pm

>>Some teens are gay. So are hetero sexual. Some are bi sexual. Do we teach it all? Do we teach the basics? How would you reach all children with their sexual preferences?

It's not that complicated. Everyone should be aware of sex in general -- straight or gay. Gay kids need to know where babies come from. Straight kids have questions about gay sex. (And believe me, I wasn't going to ask my mother about that! *smile*) Besides, many gay kids don't come out until they're gay adults. And people of all sexual orientations experiment. They need to know how to have safe sex, if they do indeed choose to have sex.

Finally, they need to know why abstaining is a viable option. Good sex education, IMO, gives kids the self-confidence to say no or to make a decision to wait for X, Y, or Z. And to have that self-confidence, they need to have their questions answered.

Laura

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Registered: 07-12-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 10:09pm

"I doubt Sarah Palin's daughter was in need of further sex education,

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