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His activist supporters say that 4 yr olds need to know that boys have a penis and girls have a vulva, vagina and so forth.

They say that simply teaching a child that NO ONE should ever touch them and that if ANYONE ever says "its a secret" that they should tell their parents right away is wrong and that kids just need to know the details.

Are we ever going to let our kids be kids again? Why are we forcing them to be mini adults?

Oh another thing- these dingbats used the church molestation scandal as a reason that this is needed. Interesting because the overwhelming number of those boys were teens not toddlers.

2007-07-20 02:58:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Other - Politics & Government

I love how some think that explaining detailed biology including how kids are made to a toddler is a sane way to protect them from molestation. So you seriously contend that telling a child that "no one should ever touch you" and if anyone ever says "this is our little secret" that they need to come to a parent and tell them is less effective? I can picture a molester just halting in their shoes as a little boy says " I have a penis do you?" Idiots and oh to the person who noted that I wasnt a dr or psychologist.... How do you know? I do happen to have 6 yrs of college enabling me to work with young children- hmm I wonder what kind of classes that might entail. putz

2007-07-20 03:12:57 · update #1

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I agree - stop trying to turn our children into sex-crazed free-love hippies!

We need to push for more parental accountablility/responsibility, not force the government to be the parent.

And what kind of logic uses the argument that we need to do this to stop child molestation?!?!?! No amount of elementary education will stop child molestation! In fact, I would think the inverse is true - pressing more sex on our society at younger and younger ages creates more sex-crazed members of society who will perform perverse acts....

This logic is like telling us that kids need to know how to use a gun to avoid getting shot by one?!?!?

How about attacking the child molestors/predators instead of dementing our children!?!?!?

2007-07-20 03:12:30 · answer #1 · answered by KAVE 2 · 3 2

Given how rampant child abuse is, and how often children get molested, I don't see any harm in explaining basic biology for the purpose of children being able to report abuse.

That being said, it should be the parents -- not the schools -- that are taking this responsibility. But too many parents won't.

So if it is a choice between protecting the children from molestation, and protecting them from learning about sex at an early age, I'd rather see us protect the children from molestation.

2007-07-20 03:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 4 2

@Bonny:
the best way to teach them is to tell them not to trust anyone. Its the old "avoid getting in the van for candy" story. You teach them what not to go toward and you tell them that they are bad horrible people, etc.

I noticed your first reaction was "oh your saying this because its the left side". I bloody hate the left side, the left side is so brainwashed and they all have no idea whats best for the country. Leftists are trying to legalize everything, and frankly with all leftists are trying to do, we might as well burn the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence! Look shes the wife of the guy who could have gotten Osama neutralized before 9/11, thats a FACT unlike your leftist opinion-news (where leftists make up news so non-intellectual people will blindly follow). As for Obama, do we really need another flip-flopper running for office? One who is a foreigner and will try to change us from Americans to Islamic? First hes saying we should do something about the middle east massacre (terrorists killing innocent people), then he turns around and says we shouldnt interfere. this is on Independent news as well as republican, I wonder why its not on the left, probably because it makes him look bad!

No ones gonna blindly vote for 2 idiots for office.

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@Topic:
Like I said above, we just have to tell them what to avoid, its like saying "dont drink coffee when its hot" or "dont run in front of a car to get your ball when it goes in the street", ITS COMMON SENSE to TEACH children, but sex ed!? Sure, make them work at Taco Bell at the age of 2, make them pay taxes at the age of 5... they dont need to learn about this stuff until around the age of changing (puberty) where they gotta learn whats going on and how to be safe. Teach the kids what to avoid.

@Other:
your a teacher, woop-de-doo. this doesn't mean even after "X" many of years that you know whats best for anyone, you teach, you see different trends and comings of sociality. Teachers are another prime example of teaching your children, you have to teach them to not believe and see everything they hear, to challenge it, and to create their own opinion. Why do you ask? Because they could mimic the thought pattern of the teacher.

2007-07-21 21:02:58 · answer #3 · answered by gencaster1 2 · 0 0

You are obviously living in a time warp. I have taught for 32 years and I can definitely tell you some things kindergartners do that would curl your hair. Thinking letting them be "innocent" will prevent these things is simply not true. Ideally , parents would instruct their children about their bodies at home but we all know that doesn't happen in all families. It is up to the school to provide age appropriate education regarding what is appropriate and what is not when it comes to touching yourself and others. I hardly think Obama was advocating we instruct kindergartners about birth control.

2007-07-20 03:16:35 · answer #4 · answered by arkiemom 6 · 1 2

You probably didn't like Obama or leftist to begin with so this is just another excuse for you to despise them. You are not a child psychologist nor a pediatrician so you don't know whether this proposed education plan is beneficial or not. In today's society, it may prove significantly important to educate young children about sexual topics they can grasp to better protect them against the growing number of pedophiles in the world.

And if anyone is forcing kids to be mini adults, it's the parents, not Obama. Parents letting their TVs act as babysitters and young dumb parents getting kicks out of their little girl dancing to "My Humps."

Let's be real...the media and lazy parents are responsible, if anyone is, for taking innocence away from childhood.

2007-07-20 03:04:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 5

The state needs to back the hell off. If the parents want this taught in their church then set it up there, but its up to the parents to raise and guide their children. I get so angry when the state tries to go where they clearly do not belong. This door should not be opened.

2007-07-20 03:03:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2 2

It's absurd. This is best left to the parents and not the schools

2007-07-20 03:08:32 · answer #7 · answered by John 6 · 2 0

I would believe anything anymore.

2007-07-20 03:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

did you expect anything thing smart from DEMOCRAPS? i don't

OBAMA wants to win popularity...at any price which means he would do any kind dirty ****

2007-07-20 03:05:03 · answer #9 · answered by steven25t 7 · 3 3

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