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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (2612)	1/23/2001 9:15:34 PM
From: hobo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

This is one of those issues that I don't have a passionate feeling about. I don't think that my son will be any better off or worse off with or without sex ed. It is mine and my wife's responsibility to help him grow up to be comfortable with who he is and I have no expectation of a state employee filling in for us. As you have stated, you may/will/already have taken the steps to educate your own child. that's good. unfortunately, not all members of society act as responsible as you do. there will be many others that have not been so lucky. perhaps this is changing slowly but i am willing to bet that to this day a good 40 % (in not more) of young students have not received any sort of sex education. this could translate into situations where such ignorance could at a given moment affect your own child. (this negative influence could be more impacting on girls than on boys). there may be some parents that are not capable or even willing to teach their own children. we should measure the cost/risk relationship of having good sex-ed more openly available against the the definitive risk of living in a society where a good segment of its members have none or limited sex education at a young age. "trail and error" in sex can be rather expensive and at a high personal cost. if approached with reason, whatever possible negatives could be avoided. i don't think that "letting a bureaucrat deal in these issues with your child" is the intent or the way under which this should be seen. this, assumes that those who will be imparting the sex-ed will be qualified individuals that treat this more from the hygene/common sense point of view than anything else. this does not mean that they are taking anything "away" from you, you could be involved in every stage of the process. what it is important to focus on is that if this issue does not get address with the importance that it should be, then the risk that this lack of education on many will continue to have its negative effects upon us all. problems from teen pregnancy, STD's and simple plain ignorance of a biological function. the simple realization that the effects of an unwanted pregnancy can be made more impacting by a simple "practice" where a "made up couple" has to carry a baby (a doll) around all the time during that one class. this simple "game" will impact teens and hopefully make them more aware of what it represent to have a baby.... "hands on" my opinion.