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Aladdin Sane · 03-20-2005, 07:52 AM

I have two children, ages 11 (boy), and 7 (girl).
We are very open about sexuality in my home. I've taught my children what I believe is right and healthy about sex.

Fuckin' government schools have no business saying anything whatsoever to my kids about sex. Zero. So-called Sex education has become so politicized that nothing true and healthy can come out of it. Hell, we got public schools in the U.S. that graduate kids who can't even read their own diploma, and now these same schools claim responsibility for teaching about sex. Give me a friggin' break. I speak with a small bit of authority, as I was a Social Studies teacher in public schools for 13 years. The lawyers, politicians, and PC Police have turned this institution into an Alice-through-the-looking-glass world. Seriously. And Parents-- oh my God. Many Parents have relinquished responsibility for raising their kids to a non-functioning, bureaucratic, insane asylum. It's lunacy. And the more responsibility the schools claim over raising kids, the more parents expect schools to do, and the less the schools actually do well. In an attempt to be all things for all kids, public schools have become experts at very little, save writing grant proposals, and securing federal dollars.

So, do I think teaching kids not to have sex until they are emotionally, financially, and physically ready get pregnant, have a baby, experience an abortion, become a father, and catch a STD is okay? Yeah, it's fuckin' okay in my house, with my children.

03-20-2005, 07:52 AM	#25 (permalink)
Aladdin Sane Degenerate Location: San Marvelous	I have two children, ages 11 (boy), and 7 (girl). We are very open about sexuality in my home. I've taught my children what I believe is right and healthy about sex. Fuckin' government schools have no business saying anything whatsoever to my kids about sex. Zero. So-called Sex education has become so politicized that nothing true and healthy can come out of it. Hell, we got public schools in the U.S. that graduate kids who can't even read their own diploma, and now these same schools claim responsibility for teaching about sex. Give me a friggin' break. I speak with a small bit of authority, as I was a Social Studies teacher in public schools for 13 years. The lawyers, politicians, and PC Police have turned this institution into an Alice-through-the-looking-glass world. Seriously. And Parents-- oh my God. Many Parents have relinquished responsibility for raising their kids to a non-functioning, bureaucratic, insane asylum. It's lunacy. And the more responsibility the schools claim over raising kids, the more parents expect schools to do, and the less the schools actually do well. In an attempt to be all things for all kids, public schools have become experts at very little, save writing grant proposals, and securing federal dollars. So, do I think teaching kids not to have sex until they are emotionally, financially, and physically ready get pregnant, have a baby, experience an abortion, become a father, and catch a STD is okay? Yeah, it's fuckin' okay in my house, with my children. __________________ Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.