Comments on: Birth Control For Maine Middle Schoolers

School Board Approves Birth Control Options For Students In Grades 6 Through 8

[averjane]

GrammaWhamma

We''re so open minded we''re lucky our brains didn''t fall out. This way of doing things seemed to have worked didn''t it? I''m sure they still have personal regrets. My daughter wishes she hadn''t done it now. Why is one of your daughters choosing abstinance and not the others. Maybe because the others were more prone to being permiscuous and needed more supervision and talking to and maybe less freedoms. Once a boy or a girl get a taste of physical contact, there''s no turning back then. With different personalities you have to use different measures. My niece would be the biggest hot-a** around if I let her mingle with boys too much and she''d probably act like a dog in heat. Because I see that tendancy in her, I''m more involved because she needs more control and retraint. She already thanks me for decisions I''ve had to make because she is finally starting to see it for herself. All she has to do is look around. Some people won''t listen so they are the exception. They will always learn things the hard way.

[averjane]

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With your daughters don''t let them go to sleepovers unless you know there are responsible adults supervising who have morals. Don''t let them hang out with girls who you know lack supervision. You can tell them who they are allowed to hang out with outside of school. Yes you can. Sometimes they''ll give you a fight but it''s worth it rather than throwing some birth control pills and condoms on the problem. Some girls are out of control so if you can''t do that then you may need to look for medical control such as implants but at least you have consent and knowledge. I think parents should have the right to be in control of their children since they are responsible for them and legally they are held to be. If I am responsible for my child then don''t tell me I can have some rights but not others. Who are you to take away that right and if you want your agenda for my child, then you can be responsible for how they turn out. Condoms do not prevent diseases either so handing them out is no different. They break and they already have microscopic holes in them. Not all viruses are stopped from going through. You know folks, it''s a tough battle especially with people like you and the media brain washing children''s minds this way, so don''t condemn people who believe in a different standard and don%u2019t take away their right to brain wash their own children. Let''s face it, they will be brain washed by something, whether it%u2019s right or wrong.

[averjane]

I did the same thing with my daughter by gaving her birth control pills when she said she was ready to have ***, but I felt sick about it and still do even years later. I should have kept a more watchful eye on her and where she was going and who she was hanging out with to be honest. You simply need to be involved. Kids will have *** no matter what you say or try to do to convince them of the consequences if left to do what they want. For those children, all I can say is now it''s time to grow up and I''m sorry for letting you down. Use every means available to sway their decision to be abstinent. Use the media by instilling your view on the immorality they see. Use other girls walking around pregnant as an example. Make them help baby-sit and do most of the work so they can see how much freedom is gone when you have a baby and are not ready for the responsibility. Kids usually learn best by example and only when it affects them personally.

[grammawhamma]

I agree 100% with you on this erasmus6. I raised four daughters. I was open minded and discussed S.e.x. with them at a fairly young age. I told each one of them...I don''t condone it, but if and when you have any plans of being sexually active I will get birth control for you. The three oldest went on birth control when needed and the youngest told me she would stay abstinent till marriage. They now range in age from 24 to 19. I have one grandchild...the oldest got pregnant because she forgot to take the pill when she was 20. The youngest is now married but doesn''t want children yet.

[erasmus6]

Yes, parents need to be teaching their kids right from wrong but even if they do, it doesn''t mean that their kids will listen. Different circumstances and different people that cross their paths everyday can change the way they think. Kids are kids and any number of things can influence them. You can only hope that what you teach them will stay with them.

And then there are a million other parents out there that teach their kids NOTHING.

A person has to be pretty naive to think that because you have told your kid not to have s-e-x that they are going to listen. They may start out with good intentions but those intentions can change in a heart beat. All it takes is for a girl to meet a boy and think she is madly in love with him and then nothing else matters.

Now I am not necessarily for passing out the birth control pills because then there needs to be physical examinations etc. but I am for the kids having access to condoms and along with that EDUCATION.

And for those of you that think that having condoms available is going to encourage them, I disagree. A kid is either going to WANT to have s-e-x or isn''t and if they decide to have s-e-x they are going to do it whether there is condoms or not.

I don''t think that they should hand them out to everybody but they should have access to them if they need them.

Let''s just put it this way, DO YOU WANT YOUR KID TO GET AIDS OR SOME OTHER DISEASE, just because your stupid enough to believe that YOUR kid won''t have s-e-x?

[grammawhamma]

The school system has no right to give out birth control pills without a parent''s consent. There can be dangerous side effects from these drugs. Is the school district willing to pay if some kid dies and the parents sue? Give them condoms...the worst that can happen is that some dumb kid chokes on a condom. Parents need to teach their kids about s.e.x. before they are s.exualy active. And BTW preaching abstinence doesn''''t work. Catholic priests even have a hard time practicing what they preach!

[michellem99-2009]

pARENTS YER DUTY IS TO TEACH YER GIRLS TO BE STRONG AND MEAN IT WHEN NO MEANS NO. TRUE THERE IS MORE OUT THERE TODAY THAN IN MY DAY BUT NO MAN WILL RAISE ANOTHER MAN''S CHILD/REN. THEY WON''T. I remember a 3 year old rattling off sexx acts and talk. I was 28, I asked the child where yer hear that talk. She said her mother.

[michellem99-2009]

WE LEFT ENGLAND OVER TAXES YES BUT THE FRARMERS DID NOT WANT TAXES..SO WE GOT TAXES HERE NOW.
Now birth control is for adult just sexx is. So who raises the unwanted children the states do. They do a poor job at it.

[michellem99-2009]

I HAD US HISTORY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND GOD WAS NOT BROUGHT UP AND YER KNOW WHY IT IS UNCONSTUTIONAL AND HAS BEEN. CHRUCH WAS BANNED IN THE FOSTER HOME. I AM A NEW ENDLANDER AND THEY BANNED CHRISTMAS WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO THAT AREA.

[michellem99-2009]

I HAD US HISTORY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND GOD WAS NOT BROUGHT UP AND YER KNOW WHY IT IS UNCONSTUTIONAL AND HAS BEEN. CHRUCH WAS BANNED IN THE FOSTER HOME. I AM A NEW ENDLANDER AND THEY BANNED CHRISTMAS WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO THAT AREA.

[michellem99-2009]

I HAD US HISTORY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND GOD WAS NOT BROUGHT UP AND YER KNOW WHY IT IS UNCONSTUTIONAL AND HAS BEEN. CHRUCH WAS BANNED IN THE FOSTER HOME. I AM A NEW ENDLANDER AND THEY BANNED CHRISTMAS WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO THAT AREA.

[michellem99-2009]

I know the pledge as I said as a child in sp ed classes growing up. The one nation under god,in god we trust is violates sep church and state. I am a lay person..LOOK UP US CONSTUTION AND GOD ON THE NET.

[dmhphils]

Posted by sahia at 12:36 AM : Oct 19, 2007
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Thank you and good night! But its daytime where I am.

[sahia-2009]

I''m not trying to be confrontational, but the money we use every day says on it ...."in God we trust" ...I know there are people out there that want to change history, but our constitution was based on God''s laws. Do you remember from your history books why we seperated from England? Besides the tax issues that is?

[sahia-2009]

MichelleM99.....one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.....

[michellem99-2009]

WILL YOU PEOPLE EVER WAKE UP, THE US OF A IS NOT AND HAS NEVER BEEN A CHRISTIAN NATION. THE CONSTUTION DOES NOT HAVE GOD,BIBLE IN IT. THE FRARMERS WERE NOT CHRISTIAN. SEP OF CHURCH AND STATE.
MANNERS ARE NOT TAUGT IN THE HOME AND SCHOOL AND THEY SHOULD BE.

[sahia-2009]

dmhphils....I completely understand..this has made me very animated also...Have a wonderful night!

[dmhphils]

dmhphils.....I also believe this article is against God''''s commands, but I also have to keep in mind
I peter 3:15 when dealing with people, otherwise I know I will make them defensive and will have then lost their ear completely. I also have to try to keep in my mind that those of the world think like the world, for they are blind to the scriptures. Rev. 3:17

Posted by sahia at 12:15 AM : Oct 19, 2007
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Point taken and thank you. I can get hiped on certain topics and this is one of them.

[dmhphils]

I hate to shatter your world, But I am a moral, upstanding individual. I also subscribe to science, rather than fairy tales.
Posted by formrusmcsgt at 12:15 AM : Oct 19, 2007
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What does "Thou shalt not steal" have to do with science? Buddy, you are religious and don''t even know it. You have a conscience given to you by God that tells you what is right and what is wrong.....it is moral until it is poluted by the wisdom of men. Kids have a tender conscience until it is hardened by practicing wickedness over and over. They know right from wrong, but are waiting on parents and other adults to reinforce what their conscience is telling them. But we fail to lead them into what is right until the difference between right and wrong is murky and muddled.

[sahia-2009]

that was a dodge sergeant...