And why Christians home-school.
And why schools in Jordan well never have any form of sex-ed, because they will fear a Western model like this one. Istagfir Allah.
A Massachusetts school defends their program to pass out condoms to KG to sixth graders, ‘if they might be sexually active’. I think, if any kids this age are sexually active, it is time to call the cops, not pass out condoms.
(CNN) — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick urged a school district to revise its policy allowing students as young as in elementary schools to get condoms if they are believed to be sexually active.
“It is simply not age appropriate to have a program in place for such young children, not to mention not having parents of such young children involved,” Patrick said in a statement.
Thank you, Gov Patrick.
The policy — passed this month — has no minimum age on supplying condoms to students. It allows nurses to give condoms to students they think are sexually active after counseling and education without informing their parents.
Provincetown school district superintendent, Beth Singer, who wrote the policy, said she wanted to ensure students of all ages requesting condoms get information on their use.
“Sex has no age limit. It’s an individual scenario for each person,” Singer said. “We can’t put out an age for using condoms.”
Singer said the policy is being misunderstood and was never intended for elementary school students.
Sounds pretty clear to me.
It makes it clear that “we are against (students) being sexually active,” she said.
But since sex has no age limit, what can we do?
The superintendent urged parents to discuss sex issues with their children, including letting them know that abstinence is the only safeguard
When I was a teen, in the 70s, the health department (now Planned Parenthood) had a clinic a short walk from the high school. My mom worked there. Many of my friends were:
sexually active,
failing at birth control (the easy availability of which encouraged sex)
getting pregnant,
and crossing a state line to get abortions (which was illegal, btw).
The abortionist, it was discovered later, had his medical license revoked, was practicing illegally, and was anesthetizing these girls and raping them before the abortion.Lovely.
Many of the sexual partners of these girls were men in their twenties, slacker/stoner/ski-lift-operators who couldn’t get a girl their age to sleep with them.
A crime, statutory rape. They didn’t care. Hey, the cost of an abortion was almost as cheap as a few dates – the cost of sex with a peer back on the old days. Many were the same men my mom saw on the special day for treating sexually transmitted diseases. Lovely.
No age limit! Ya lateef!
Why can’t we have a responsible programme? It seems there are only two extremes: free for all OR Haram & 3aib
Kinzi,
I am against that by all means, but there is a big problem with the new generation, they are maturing much earlier than the previous ones! Now adays its 9-11 years old, while previously it took some 16 years! It has to do with good nutrition!
I am totally against the idea, but I just want you to know the reason behind the decision!
Commenting on Haitham’s: Its not “good nutrition”, its all the soybean\soybean milk\soybean oil and other “phytoestrogens” in the food that making them mature. BUT only mature “physically”. A mature body does not mean a mature mind. Plus, isn’t the media, the internet, the facebook and myspace making this new generation seem a “fast grower”. Cut the phytoestorgen foods and the media off, and kids will mature normal… Ah. Allah ye3een el parents of the next generation.
Shining what you are saying is very interesting! I read that on a book called Mismatch: The lifestyle diseases timebomb (both what you are saying what I believe in) But it seems that kids evolutionary are set to mature around 10 years old!
They also discussed everything you talked about =) You will like it!
Mona, the mother’s lament! Where is the balance? I suppose we must keep our homes a safe place the kids can talk these things through.
Shining, great points (from one who has studied in detail!)
Haithim, we can change that aspect of the evolutionary process with nutrition and less mental stimulation. There are peoples and regions where pubery is much later (and menopause comes earlier!)
Yes, the two main problems here are:
- Insisting that kids will have sex, so we might as well teach them how to do it, plus here’s some age-inappropriate contraceptives while you’re at it
- Insisting that schools have the right to exclude parents from whatever decisions or curriculum the school sees fit to exclude them from. That’s inexcusable. Schools insist they’re not responsible for children or their behavior or their failure to learn, yet they seek to cut off the children from the people who SHOULD be responsible – their parents.
Every instance of such stupidity drives more parents toward home-schooling. And the public schools complain about it.
as a mulim i am not against sexual education but FOR it because growing up in a world full of perverts and child molesters you kids need to know about sex and what parts of thier body are not to be touched by STRANGERS!!
you cant imagine the number of stories i have heard about girls being subjected to some bastard trying to molest them usually taba3 il dukaneh or someone in the 7aara as most kids spent lots of times outdoors.
so i am for eddcuating ur children so that they are aware of sexual acts but i am not for giving a kid a condom and showing him a sex movie. because at this age they just want to experience new things and are just gong to tak it as a GREEN light to go ahead and DO IT but safely!?
but whether we like it or not our kids are not like us. and are exposed to it everywhere. on tv. in the street.s in school. thier friends. and all we can do is PRAY that GOD protects them and that they dont make the mistake that they wil regret forever
Don’t forget to condemn the role models young girls emulate, the ones that are hyper-sexed and running around in their underwear. Why do the parents allow their children exposure to this? Is it because they don’t have a strong moral foundation themselves? I think parents should be more involved in their childrens schools and if the school won’t allow it, then pull their kids out of there or home school them.
Marvin, yes indeed…spoke like a good uncle and ‘dad’.
dino, pray AND prepare them…and encourage them of all the heartbreak they will spare themselves in avoiding promiscuity.
Lucia, I am working on a post about that, having had an email exchange with the mother of one such celebrity. indeed. Two years ago, my daughter wanted to watch a Hannah Montana movie with a cousin, when she has pretty much stayed in the realm of cartoon movies. I thought then that Miley Cyrus had done a pretty good job of staying on the straight and narrow, but wasn’t comfortable. I am very glad i said no to that chance.