[TMD]

I am the mother of two boys (11 &13). When my older son was in sixth grade, he had a female teacher from Santa Cruz. She was heavyset, wore no makeup and favored untucked plaid shirts and jeans for her wardrobe. When she was teaching the kids about "family life" she told my son that families that had a mom and dad and kids were the "old-fashioned" kind of family and that she could think of 22 different kinds of families these days. Don't our kids get enough crap heaped onto them? Do little kids really need to know about blow jobs and lesbians 24/7? As a parent I try to keep some sort of stability, innocence and "normalness" in my kid's lives even though they are constantly being bombarded with garbage. Can't the garbage be the exception for our children rather than the rule? My older son was looking up Harry Potter websites and got into a loop of videos showing graphic, teen/homosexual sex. It's sickening all the crap that is easily and unintentionally accessible by kids.

My 13 year old son and I were discussing the book "The Diary of Anne Frank". At one point he said, "Did you know she was a lesbian?" After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I asked him, "Where on earth did you get that idea?" He innocently replied, "She kissed a girl in the book." Isn't it sad that our kids are being forced to look at everything through the filter of homosexuality? How come such a tiny minority seems to have a stranglehold on the country's collective consciousness? Do you ever watch little kids on the playground and notice how the little girls are always holding hands, hugging and kissing all their friends? At what age are they going to be labeled as lesbians? 3, 7, 9, 13, 17?? At what point are they going to be forced to wonder about their orientation? The San Jose Mercury News recently published an article that giddily talked about how girls were "experimenting" with their sexual orientation at younger and younger ages. It's being presented as a choice. We have a generation of girls growing up who never have to get past that "boys are icky, they have cooties" stage. Even my 11 year old son likes to put his arm around his buddies necks as they walk to school. Can't we just stop sexualizing our kids at such young ages? Middle school, high school and Teenage-hood is confusing enough. I know it's not politically correct to call anything normal but, can't we aim for normal lives for our kids and let them know that if they fall short, they will still be loved by their family and friends that matter?

When my younger son was in second grade (7 years old) he was selling popcorn outside a local grocery store as a fundraiser for his local cub scout troop. Is there anything more adorable than an innocent little cub scout in his adorable uniform, cap and kerchief? As one lady approached, he asked her if she would like to help support the cub scouts. She snottily said "Well, I guess the scouts aren't very tolerant are they? I refuse to support them." and huffed away. What kind of society do we have for our children when cub scouts can be lambasted by adults and kids have easy access to any kind of porn imaginable?

[antiRepublicrat]

My older son was looking up Harry Potter websites and got into a loop of videos showing graphic, teen/homosexual sex. It's sickening all the crap that is easily and unintentionally accessible by kids.

Do you remember the site? That is against the law and someone has recently been convicted for it. Take down the web address and visit your local prosecutor. If it was within about the last month, I'll show you how to find it in your browser's history and how to look up the owner of the domain or site if possible. Mail me if that fits your situation.

My girls are coming up to web browsing age, and I want as many of these people as possible behind bars before they start.

[antiRepublicrat]

She snottily said "Well, I guess the scouts aren't very tolerant are they? I refuse to support them." and huffed away. What kind of society do we have for our children when cub scouts can be lambasted by adults

I personally disapprove of the Scouts' exclusion of gays and atheists and would never give to the corporate structure, but I just can't say no to some kids trying to make money for a trip or other activity. Why should they suffer because of the actions of the leadership?

[HungarianGypsy]

Without the "tampering" of those with such odd ideas, children seem to have more common sense than these "enlightened fools". My six and nine year old thought the idea of a man and a man or a woman and a woman was just downright hilarious. It seemed silly to them that anyone other than a man and woman would get married.

[MHGinTN]

You asked, "How come such a tiny minority seems to have a stranglehold on the country's collective consciousness?" The answer ultimately is, 'because one major political party has been pandering to the degenerates as a means to garner votes. The DNC will defend the indefensible of partial birth infanticide to get votes, so this defense of degeneracy is more of the same septic politics. Even John Kerry is not tall enough to keep a head above the floating sewer of the DNC.

[maxwell]

She snottily said "Well, I guess the scouts aren't very tolerant are they? I refuse to support them." and huffed away.

Ha, I bet she felt big, telling off a 7 year old kid...