I am about to write a blog blasting the The House Appropriations Committee subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education f$32 million increase for the utterly useless Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) program.
Some of the ideas I have been tossing around seem so bloody obvious to me and many of the people I talk to on a regular basis (my husband and co-workers) but I am not sure if most people have heard these same ideas or whether they are unique to my particular social circle. Please have a look and tell me whether you think these ideas are new and fresh or if they have already been beat to death.
- The government should not have to teach any kind of "moral" or character education in the schools. That is the parents' job.
Parents in general have long ago abdicated the responsibility to teach their kids anything at all.
It is absurd to expect todays' teens, who are bombarded with sexual imagery in the media, to take abstinence education seriously.
It is absurd that we as a society shield children from factual information about sex, but allow them a steady diet of media violence.
It is absurd that we as a society allow the media to promote all sorts of unhealthy sexual imagery, but withhold factual information regarding birth control and STD's.
Again, what I am looking for is just a basic idea of whether these ideas are something new, or if they have been run into the ground already.
Edited to add:
I also ran this query on my homeschool forum. I am curious to see how it comes out differently here.
PS Here is the article that got me started on this idea: http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/...price_victory/



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