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Offering Birth Control Pills to our CHILDREN?
October 18, 2007 |
A controversial proposal at a Maine middle school would offer birth control pills or patches for girls. - How young is too young for birth control?
“The students will need a parent’s written permission to access any services provided, but they would not have to disclose which service they receive, a point of contention for some.”
Let’s teach our kids how to lie to their parents so they can get their hands on birth control pills. That makes perfect sense!
:: note the sarcasm ::
What is wrong with some parents these days? What is wrong with our healthcare professionals? What is wrong with talking about sex and what can happen as a result of having sex?
It’s bad enough that Human Growth and Developmental classes had to be implemented because parents don’t want OR know how to teach their kids about basic information regarding their own development as well as feelings about sex, etc.
Don’t get me wrong, I am for Human Growth and development and Sex education type classes because let’s face it we don’t all have the educational background OR the information necessary to discuss every little detail.
But, come on…? Do we have to give our 10, 11, 12, and 13 year olds free access to birth control? If parents in Oregon can’t take a few minutes to fulfill their parenting roll then maybe Child Protective Services should step in and place these kids with families that will care for them instead of relying on the schools to teach kids to lie.
:: personal rant about to begin ::
My daughter goes to school with a girl who’s Mom let’s her boyfriend spend the night at their house. Remember that story? - Would you let your 15 year old’s boyfriend spend the night???
Ok, so I’m a little ticked off right now. It’s time for me to put the coffee away, go get in the shower and start my day!! I’m not even going to dwell on this OR let it ruin my day. It is nice to be able to blog it though, eh?
I’d LOVE to know what your thoughts are on all of this.
Comments
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looks like I am going to be the brave one here and give my opinion first.lol. I think that middle school is entirely WAY TOO YOUNG to be even thinking about sex. Oh My !!!! These children need to learn about sex, but they should NOT be given birth control pills at such an early age. What are they thinking?
I don’t know what they are thinking Debbie. I think the entire situation is crazy.
Be sure and check out the discussion over on Domestic Divapalooza. It’s getting pretty heated.
Domestic Divapalooza
No boyfriend, I don’t allow them to date until they turn 16.
Even when we had the 17 year old’s california girfriend here for a week, she stayed with us, he stayed with family friends.
I think that’s great!
Hey Angela,
Found you through MomGadget. I actually had responded to this issue on my blog as well.
From a parent’s perspective, I completely and totally agree with you… but it wasn’t so long ago that I was in middle school, and let me tell you, some of those girls and boys are no where near as angelic as their parents thought they were, or maybe it was just that their parents were irresponsible about explaining matters related to sex and the consequences of it when it came to the point that their children became curious. Well, it’s one of those two, or maybe those parents were just plain oblivious…
I don’t know if it’s the parent’s fault entirely, or if the kids were just like that… but as I remember it, kids who WANT to do it will do it.. whether or not they have the protection available.
.. But whatever that school district is doing they better be prepared to give counseling to these CHILDREN as well as the onslaught of complaints and maybe even lawsuit they’re bound to get from angry parents.
Personally, I’m going really do my best to make sure that when my son hits that stage he knows about all the possible consequences and reasons WHY he should wait until he’s more mature physically and emotionally and make sure he is confident enough about himself to make the right decision, which ideally would be after he’s done with college! lol
I know what you mean when you say that it’s pretty much encouraging our kids to lie to us.. hopefully this will open eyes and help people to realize that this IS an important topic to discuss with your child, and it can’t be ignored… because sooner or later that kid is going to start getting the raging hormones coursing through his/her veins.
Now what if my son, when he’s 15 or 16, asks me if he could stay over at his girlfriend’s house just for some random “sleepover” crap? Nahh, no effin way.. I won’t be buying that.