Just got done watching Bill O'Reily talk about what occurred at Boulder High School. The kids there attended a "seminar" in which the speakers encouraged them to "experiment" but "be safe" about it kids...A more detailed report can be found at WorldNetDaily: We blew sex seminar, school chief says: (one of the quotes)"'I am going to encourage you to have sex and encourage you to use drugs appropriately,' Becker said.
'Why I am going to take that position is because you are going to do it anyway,' he continued. 'I think as a psychologist and health educator, it is more important to educate you in a direction that you might actually stick to. "
This just angers me to no end. That puts it mildly. I actually started to yell at the tv and then Tim suggested I shut our back door and close the family room windows... Who am I the most angry with? The parents! It seems that they (w/ a few exceptions) aren't really bothered by any of this. They accept this kind of CRAP as a legitimate component of a "well-rounded" education! Many probably are too stupid or totally devoid of any conscience in which to guide them but the rest are most likely indifferent cowards who go along to get along. Somewhere deep down they KNOW that this is not the best thing for their kids to be indoctrinated with but they shrug their shoulders and say "well, it's not SO bad I guess...no harm done really..."
Why do we expect so little of our kids? Why do we cater to their weaknesses and temptations? Why do we feel like it is impossible to raise a child with morals and standards and purity?
The answer. Because if we do this, if we demand this, or expect this of our children then we must live up to those same expectations. Most parents who cater to their kids' weaknesses are the very parents who dismiss or explain away their own selfishness or sinfulness. I must rationalize everything including the stolen innocence of my own children or else I am subject to my own conscience, if I still have one.
I saw this very thing happen last year. My girls attended a Catholic school last year. Our diocese put into place a "sex abuse prevention program". The particular program was "Talking About Touching" one of the worst. I did my research and went to the diocese, the pastor, the DRE and the principal with my information and my concerns. I got stonewalled. To my face it was all "Oh Mrs. ****** we understand. You are such good parents and you really stay on top of things....(more a** kissing) ...but this program is needed for those kids whose parents just don't give the time and attention needed to these matters..."
At the "review of materials" meeting only maybe 10 or so other parents even bothered to show up! The director of blah-be-blah from the diocese was called in specifically to "combat" me in case my and Tim's "opposition" got "out of hand". To put it succinctly we were railroaded and treated like crap!
The other parents at that meeting all explained away their "discomfort" with the program by saying that the world is a dangerous place and that their kids might as well find that out now and "be prepared". What about their innocence? What about OUR responsibility to protect them? Well, they can't stay innocent forever you know. As parents we can't protect them all the time...when they go stay the night at a friend's or ride their bike in the neighborhood, or they're with the babysitter...we can't always be there you know. We might as well "arm them" with ALL the facts and let them "protect themselves".
Well, damn it! That's NOT their job! That's OUR job! I am sick and tired of parents forcing their own children to "grow up" (translation - lose their innocence) so that the parents can maintain their own CHILDISH desires! This Boulder H.S. event is just one more such occasion. Parents who relinquish all their parental authority to the "educators" who in turn spiritually rape our kids and then tell us how much better our kids are for it!
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