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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 87812" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>I think it's a necessary evil. Yes, it would be wonderful if we could teach kids abstinence and have them follow it - and a few will and that's why we teach it BUT a lot won't. Do those that don't deserve to die of AIDS or go on to have babies they can't take care of? Because they (the babies) are the ones who get punished in the end. </p><p>Our whole take on sexuality is so skewed in this country that I don't see how we can not have problems. We push sexually explicit performers and content and even toys on younger and younger kids, yet we have this Puritanical view of sex compared to most of the other countries in the world. Kids are getting hugely mixed messages and they don't know how to cope. I'm almost 60 years old and I'm not sure I know how to cope. By the time kids reach middle school, it is just not possible for parents, no matter how proactive, to shelter them from all of the influences out there. I'm not even sure that sheltering them too much is a good idea at that age. We all try to teach our kids what is right and wrong but if you have ever worked with middle school kids you know that it doesn't always get through. If contraceptives in schools can prevent even one case of STDs or prevent even one unwanted pregnancy then I'm all for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 87812, member: 135"] I think it's a necessary evil. Yes, it would be wonderful if we could teach kids abstinence and have them follow it - and a few will and that's why we teach it BUT a lot won't. Do those that don't deserve to die of AIDS or go on to have babies they can't take care of? Because they (the babies) are the ones who get punished in the end. Our whole take on sexuality is so skewed in this country that I don't see how we can not have problems. We push sexually explicit performers and content and even toys on younger and younger kids, yet we have this Puritanical view of sex compared to most of the other countries in the world. Kids are getting hugely mixed messages and they don't know how to cope. I'm almost 60 years old and I'm not sure I know how to cope. By the time kids reach middle school, it is just not possible for parents, no matter how proactive, to shelter them from all of the influences out there. I'm not even sure that sheltering them too much is a good idea at that age. We all try to teach our kids what is right and wrong but if you have ever worked with middle school kids you know that it doesn't always get through. If contraceptives in schools can prevent even one case of STDs or prevent even one unwanted pregnancy then I'm all for them. [/QUOTE]
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