Comments on: Teach our children well http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/02/03/teach-our-children-well/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:01:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Farley http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/02/03/teach-our-children-well/#comment-30967 Farley Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:21:09 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3148#comment-30967 The Healthy Youth Act introduction is great news. As a former middle school teacher, I am very familiar with what happens when we do NOT teach our children how to take care of and respect their bodies. We must prioritize educating EVERY young person and subsequently allow them to make decisions about their lives; rather than withhold crucial information and then punish them for poor decision-making. The Healthy Youth Act introduction is great news. As a former middle school teacher, I am very familiar with what happens when we do NOT teach our children how to take care of and respect their bodies.

We must prioritize educating EVERY young person and subsequently allow them to make decisions about their lives; rather than withhold crucial information and then punish them for poor decision-making.

]]> By: The Progressive Pulse – Or We Could Just Tell Them To Hold An Aspirin Between Their Knees http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/02/03/teach-our-children-well/#comment-30846 The Progressive Pulse – Or We Could Just Tell Them To Hold An Aspirin Between Their Knees Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:09:25 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3148#comment-30846 [...] know I’m a couple of days late to this discussion, but I have to contribute anyway. While getting away from our ridiculous state-mandated [...] [...] know I’m a couple of days late to this discussion, but I have to contribute anyway. While getting away from our ridiculous state-mandated [...]

]]> By: Randi http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/02/03/teach-our-children-well/#comment-30735 Randi Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:58:48 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3148#comment-30735 This proposal seems like a great win-win solution to a difficult political issue. Personally, I cannot understand how schools cannot teach young people about such a central part of life - isn't that what schools are for? But, the reality is that we probably are not going to get good sex ed back in our schools for a long long time - this way at least some kids will get the information. My son learned the facts of life from me - and when he turned 13 I was really glad that the message could be reinforced by the schools (he goes to a private school)! Great work. This proposal seems like a great win-win solution to a difficult political issue. Personally, I cannot understand how schools cannot teach young people about such a central part of life – isn’t that what schools are for? But, the reality is that we probably are not going to get good sex ed back in our schools for a long long time – this way at least some kids will get the information.

My son learned the facts of life from me – and when he turned 13 I was really glad that the message could be reinforced by the schools (he goes to a private school)!

Great work.

]]> By: dmin http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/02/03/teach-our-children-well/#comment-30728 dmin Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:07:24 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3148#comment-30728 Personally, I don't see why there would be an objection to the option for comprehensive sex education in schools. Do the opponents really understand what would be taught, or is it just a knee-jerk reaction? The parents who are against it are probably the one's whose children need it the most. I can think of a certain prominent family in Alaska that might have benefited from comprehensive sex education in school, since abstinence until marriage education didn't seem to work as intended for them. On the other hand, I don't see why anyone would object to the NRA’s Eddie Eagle program. The NRA’s Eddie Eagle program does not teach kids how to "use firearms safely," as suggested in the original post, but rather about accident prevention by featuring the instructions for children who ever encounter a gun: "STOP! Don't Touch. Leave the Area. Tell an Adult." Sounds to me like Eddie Eagle is not the firearms equivalent to comprehensive sex education, but more on the level Good-Touch/Bad-Touch. Have those who knock it ever investigated what it covers, and what it doesn't, or is it the same knee-jerk reaction Religious conservatives have to comprehensive sex education? See: http://www.nrahq.org/safety/eddie/ http://www.childhelp.org/gtbt Personally, I don’t see why there would be an objection to the option for comprehensive sex education in schools. Do the opponents really understand what would be taught, or is it just a knee-jerk reaction? The parents who are against it are probably the one’s whose children need it the most. I can think of a certain prominent family in Alaska that might have benefited from comprehensive sex education in school, since abstinence until marriage education didn’t seem to work as intended for them.

On the other hand, I don’t see why anyone would object to the NRA’s Eddie Eagle program. The NRA’s Eddie Eagle program does not teach kids how to “use firearms safely,” as suggested in the original post, but rather about accident prevention by featuring the instructions for children who ever encounter a gun: “STOP! Don’t Touch. Leave the Area. Tell an Adult.”

Sounds to me like Eddie Eagle is not the firearms equivalent to comprehensive sex education, but more on the level Good-Touch/Bad-Touch. Have those who knock it ever investigated what it covers, and what it doesn’t, or is it the same knee-jerk reaction Religious conservatives have to comprehensive sex education?

See:
http://www.nrahq.org/safety/eddie/
http://www.childhelp.org/gtbt

]]> By: Paige http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/02/03/teach-our-children-well/#comment-30715 Paige Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:23:33 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3148#comment-30715 As a parent of two children, including one in middle school, I welcome the right to decide which curriculum is best for my child. This is a great way to get parents involved and to make sure all teens have access to lifesaving information. As a parent of two children, including one in middle school, I welcome the right to decide which curriculum is best for my child. This is a great way to get parents involved and to make sure all teens have access to lifesaving information.

]]> By: Sean Kosofsky http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/02/03/teach-our-children-well/#comment-30705 Sean Kosofsky Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:35:15 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3148#comment-30705 Atkinson is right. This legislation will save lives and improve the overall quality of life for citizens of NC and children. Atkinson is right. This legislation will save lives and improve the overall quality of life for citizens of NC and children.

]]> By: sturner http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/02/03/teach-our-children-well/#comment-30702 sturner Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:32:57 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3148#comment-30702 Chris...the unholy alliance of the NRA and abstinence only sex education gives new meaning to the term "Shotgun Wedding." Chris…the unholy alliance of the NRA and abstinence only sex education gives new meaning to the term “Shotgun Wedding.”

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