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Mar 28, 2008 | 5:03 PM
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Lets talk about sex. Everybody else is.

Last week it was reported that a 13-year-old teenage girl pimp/prostitute was dancing nude in a club and luring other young girls to do the same. Many, myself included, were shocked upon reading this story.

Another headline in recent weeks read that one in four 14- to 19-year-old girls have contracted at least one form of a sexually transmitted disease. Again, our reaction was one of disgust.

But ... why?

For years, many abstinence-only programs have been put on the back burner in favor of the more educational and socially tolerant sex-ed programs. Kids are learning, in graphic detail, about sex before they can even fully grasp the concepts of algebra or calculus.

I'm not here to argue one program over the other, because neither one will "solve" the problem. If anything, the fact that the programs exist testifies to an underlying issue more pressing than how the government talks to our children about the birds and the bees.

We've gotten lazy in how we address brokeness in America. An overwhelming number of marriages are ending in divorce--but instead of trying to fix it, we want to throw homosexuals into the same miserable mix.

Gun violence is up, but instead of addressing the hearts who are commiting the crimes, we want to take away their weapons.

And the list goes on.

It isn't about whether we have safe sex, or even whether we have sex at all--it's about a fractured generation who's only remedy, it seems, is to do what feels right.

And when relativism is your guide ... well, frankly, that's no guide at all.
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hillsborohillbilly read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 5:27 PM

Relativism ? , hmmmm, I had to look that up in the dictionary

I will be ruminating for a while concerning your ideals
Marks read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 6:27 PM

Excellent read, P00frog! I think you nailed it quite well. If values are reduced to nihilism, who will care about anything?
KellerKowboy read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 6:54 PM

In essence, some (read: Many) parents want the school system or government to do what the parents themselves won't/can't do.

Parents are responsible for their children's actions until they're "of age" (generally 18) and it should be the parent's job to deal with sex and everything associated with it at least to that age. Everything, that is, except anything to do with sex.

Biology class should teach them what the various parts are; it should be the parents job to teach their kids how and when they're properly used.

It would be a cold day in Hell before I ever even considered asking a school teacher to teach my kids sex education!

Meanwhile, it's the kids who lose....
chardoney read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 7:59 PM

"--it's about a fractured generation who's only remedy, it seems, is to do what feels right."
Yes, true, but that generation has been around since day 1 (as you know). Not to say that we haven't fall afar from where the moral standards of this country were just 2 generations ago. Back then, a girl would be ashamed to be pregnant without being married or to be a BLEEP; for the President to do the unspeakable in the oval office - now it seems to be some bad of honor to be 'moral-less'.
Since government schools forced sex ed on our children (and parents stupidly went along with that), it's gotten much worse. Now the kids are brainwashed into believing Johnny SHOULD have 2 mommy's and date Billy. STD'S, AIDS, millions of aborted babies never given a thought or thrown in the trash at birth. And now child pimps. It will only get worse, is my thinking.
Nice to see you around, froggie
TexasTruBlu read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 8:25 PM

Parents by and large don't want to know. Too many suburban parents are blissfully ignorant of the very dangerous and stupid activities that kids as young as 12 or 13 are doing. Part of the reason that some districts are instituting drug testing is because when school officials and teachers express concern over behavior, parents like to sue first and ask questions later. Now with drug testing, the parents will have to face the fact that maybe their kids aren't as perfect as they thought. I hope all districts move along the same path. It would get repeat users out of the classroom AND sex crimes are tied up with drug trade. They have to get money somehow.
Marks read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 9:22 PM

Best take on the subject comes from my Soldier-friend, KK

Biology class should teach them what the various parts are; it should be the parents job to teach their kids how and when they're properly used.

Were KK a Marine, I'd say Semper Fi...instead, I'll just say he's right (and think "Semper Fi")...
Marks read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 9:27 PM

And don't let that mean TruBlu and Chardoney are second-rate. Far from it!
scottythecomic read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 9:53 PM

The Bible sums it all up thusly: " In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what he thought best."
GRAYWOLF read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 10:55 PM

"Gun violence is up, but instead of addressing the hearts who are commiting the crimes, we want to take away their weapons."

Almost, they don't want to take away the weapons of the criminals, just the law abiding...
p00frog read my blog view my photos
Mar 29, 2008 | 1:23 AM

Hillsboro, if it means anything--I had to look up ruminating.

Good comments all around. I wish I had time to respond to them all, but it looks like I'm preaching to the choir (for the most part) on this one. Where's laydownsally when you need some contention?

And I agree with Mark, nice response KK.

TruBlu, there was a pretty large discrepency in a study I read where something like only 23% of parents thought there teenagers were engaging in sex or drug use. But when the teenagers responded, somewhere around 60-70% actually did. So you're right, parents don't have a clue.
hillsborohillbilly read my blog view my photos
Mar 29, 2008 | 1:51 AM

why does prosti-tots make me think of tater tots ?
terrellmom read my blog view my photos
Mar 29, 2008 | 5:56 AM

Where do i buy a chastity belt these days?
I'd like to make a bubble to put my kids in to make them safe but since that is not feasible i'll do the responsible thing and teach them, not rely on the govt or teachers to do it for me
BooBear read my blog view my photos
Mar 29, 2008 | 5:59 AM

I truly believe social skills should be taught at home. I agree with sex education being taught in school, i.e., you learn about the reproductive system of animals so why not the human. You can teach sex education/human reproduction system but how to behave properly is definitely a parent's job to teach.

Our break-down of the family has brought about many of these "loose canyons" - with sex and guns. It is all about responsibility. If you want to be a parent - you must BE a parent and not just a procreating machine.

Said my peace for now. Thanks for listening!
BooBear read my blog view my photos
Mar 29, 2008 | 6:00 AM

Amen, terrellmom!!!!
Ironman read my blog view my photos
Mar 29, 2008 | 9:09 AM

I believe "sex education" was brought into our schools because sooo many young girls were getting pregnant. I believe "abortion" was legalized becasue sooo many young girls were dieing from backalley abortions, clothes hangers, and idiots who didn't know what they were doing. Our children are exposed to sexual stimulation all the time, you watch TV you know this is true. Sex is used to sell everything, EVERYTHING. The only time I could see a woman in BLEEP, and bra when I was young was in the National Geographic, or the MonkeyWards catolog. Well, OK National Geographic was better than the MonkeyWard catolog. :)
moankie82 read my blog
Mar 29, 2008 | 9:37 AM

I fully agree pOO. The system is broken. And society is broken. I have me on film in 1967 saying the hippies would give us the sorriest generation this country has ever seen. I rest my case.
moankie82 read my blog
Mar 29, 2008 | 9:38 AM

And, my 3 years in high school. Only one girl turned up pregnant, and she was shunned by everyone.
dawngoddess read my blog
Mar 29, 2008 | 11:44 AM

Hollywood glorifies unmarried parenthood..It is everywhere.....it was such a shameful thing when I was in high school...the girl had to "leave" school and they went to stay with an "aunt" ...double standard though...the guy never took a hit negatively...was "congratulated" by his buddies So Sad!!!
illusions read my blog view my photos
Mar 29, 2008 | 1:36 PM

Oh Gawwwwd, lets not try to get laymedownsal involved! I see a problem with the pregnancy/sex crap in Texas partially to blame on the fact that Texas promotes abstinance. For example, in DISD, you cannot teach students about contraceptives, condoms, etc etc. So, if they are going to "do it" anyway, they don't have the tools (knowledge) to know how to prevent the preventable.....
illusions read my blog view my photos
Mar 29, 2008 | 1:54 PM

In fact.....you cannot provide a tampon to a student, only a pad. Where I come from, we had sex ed classes for the girls and for the boys in (I think) 5th grade. Girls learned about menstruation, "how babies arrive", development in adolescence, etc. Males learned about wet dreams (can I say that here?), hair growth, etc. In later years, we learned about contraceptives, STD's etc. I think all schools should teach about BOTH sides--abstinence AND safe sex preactices, instead of teaching only abstinence and brushing everything else under the rug. Of course, that's just my opinion. :)
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I'm a local journalism major who doesn't take life too seriously. I like contagious laughter. I enjoy the freedom that accompanies summer, but equally enjoy the traditions and closeness fall and winter offer. I'm a procrastinator, but we'll talk more about that later.

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