[DemWatch]

...two elementary school students pregnant...

Can you believe this..?

[TheDon]

Separation of school and State BUMP!

[ECM]

Are they putting estrogen into the chocolate milk?!

[Blue Scourge]

I grow more and more disgusted with the Public School system everytime I see it mentioned...to think I once considered being a teacher.

[GOPrincess]

I was just saying to a friend the other day, our society places such a low value on protecting children and treating children as children, whether it's through the media, clothes, divorce, latchkey children, etc. If you have limits you are considered "overly protective" or "old-fashioned," a defensive response from adults who aren't willing to do the same.

So the answer to these children having sex early is not to parent them better, spend more time with them (children with parents and responsible adults with them at all time can't get pregnant), etc., but to invade childhood yet further and teach sex ed to five-year-olds. Sickening.

[Bogey78O]

The democrats said this would never happen.

[anniegetyourgun]

Eight middle school students and 79 high school students have also become pregnant.

Boy howdy, that sex ed sure is working.

[Knute]

Already this school year the Gadsden School District has seen two elementary school students pregnant. Eight middle school students and 79 high school students have also become pregnant.

I graduated high school back in 1970. My senior class had 530 students. To my knowledge ONE girl was pregnant that May. Sure have made progress.... NOT!

[FourPeas]

Gadsden Superintendent Ron Haugen says many of those parents are uneducated and just don’t have the skills to teach their children.

Sorry, I don't buy this. Mom and Dad understand quite well about the birds and the bees, they're just abdicating their responsibility. My great-grandfather dropped out of school when he was 12, Granted, schooling was much better those days even in rural Arkansas. Still, he and his wife, similarly educated, were able to raise 7 children and teach them all about sex and when it's appropriate and when it's not.

One myth spread around: Smoking marijuana kills sperm. For one unlucky teen, believing in the myth resulted in pregnancy.

Only when done very, very close to the testicles. Apparently it's the heat. In college, my roomate and I had a long standing joke about another use for our hairdryers.

[Arthalion]

Can you believe this..?

Easily. I saw a doctor survey recently which stated that somewhere around 3%-5% of girls are becoming sexually active between 11 and 12 years old. In many areas we're talking about fifth and sixth graders here. Of course, there's nothing "new" here. There were loose 12 year olds even when I was that age...they've simply become a bit more common as society has become more permissive. How do you stop it? Morals, not "Sex education".

[GOP Jedi]

Gamut of wellness?

Who talks like this?

[FourPeas]

Can I believe it? Yes. I can think of two girls I knew who lost their virginity in grade school. Keep in mind, I started 6th grade in 1975.

[Lizavetta]

The children will not be fixed, and the schools will not be fixed, UNTIL THE FAMILY is fixed.

[CindyDawg]

They don't mention age. An elementary student not necessarily between 6-10 anymore.

[ladylib]

"“This is how you arm these little ones. They have to learn about their bodies. They have to learn about their spirits, that they can say no,” she said. “It’s a whole gamut of wellness that we need to teach these kids.”

We're talking about children's spiritual nature in a public school? Someone call the ACLU.

I don't find anything wrong with what this woman said.

[paul51]

We’ve had many parents going to our school board meetings asking for help

I think I can identify the problem here.

[shhrubbery!]

New Mexico parents, don't stand for this! A non-abstinence program is bass-ackwards and stands logic and history on its head.

The history of sex education in the public schools is this simple: After contraception and "safe sex" began to be "taught," the rate of teen-agers who became pregnant out-of-wedlock, as well as the rate of STDs, skyrocketed.

[Pete]

Welcome to the sexual revolution. See what we have wrought. If they teach "If it feels good do it", "Make your own truth" and "Boy = Girls", they shouldn't be surprised at theses results. The sad thing is that they still don't get it. Teaching kindergardeners about sex will make it worse, not better.

They are trapped in the fallacy that human beings are inherently good instead of fallen. They think if they just explain it to the kids, the kids will understand and everything will be fine. How many times must that fail before they realize it isn't working?

The ultimate perversion is the crack about the abstinence message not working. When bad things happen, they will inevitably turn and blame traditional values all the while heaping more gas on the fire. These people indoctrinate kids in grade school with stuff like homosexuality is normal, abortion is just a lifestyle choice, God is a bad word, freedom is a life free of consequences and everyone defines their own truth based on what feels good. Then when these kids start showing up pregnant and full of STDs, they have the gaul to say the abstinence message is working? Please! That's not it at all! The fact is that all their other messages are working all too well.

[cynicom]

In the 40s, we had one girl in sixth grade that was active. By 9th grade we had several backseat queens. Certainly the numbers have changed along with a younger age. Do as they might, schools will accomplish nothing.

Families are being destroyed thus there is no moral compass for far too many children.

[dasboot]

Check this out: www.partysafe.org/

More of this twisted logic.

[Brytani]

Perfect solution to under-age children having children. Make the under-age child's parents responsible for ALL welfare monies spent to raise their grand-children until the parent is 18 and responsible.

See how quick children's stop having sex so early.