Would those questions include ones about guns in the home? Shouldn't we find out before approving it?
If the person knows they are being tested, they try to answer the questions with what they think the screener wants to see. It screws up the results and could even end up causing a counselor to interview the test taker because the answers are out of whack for the age group or they do not match up with other questions asked to determine insincerity..
Are you saying parents shouldn't be notified about the screen?
Parents usually sign releases and waivers on a list of things at the beginning of the schools year. I would imagine that the screen will be mentioned along with the physical health permissions for the school.
Where does the Federal government get the authority to screen all public school kids for mental health?
A school is responsible for the health and safety of every child it has under it's roof. In view of this, I have no reason to be against a simple mental heath screen that I and probably everyone living has had and some more than once.
If the government screeners ask your kids intrusive questions about your home, such as guns, would you have a problem with that?
Being conservative does not mean you need to wear a tinfoil hat. If you don't like your kid getting drug tested or taking a simple mental heath screen, then you put my kids at risk.
That's a bunch of socialist bullcrap. What evidence do you have that these screenings are going to improve the mental health of kids? Do you have that much confidence in government social scientists?
LOL! That would certainly not be on a screen. If it were, it would be highly unethical.
I am aware of the stories about anti-gun doctors having a desire to ask such things, but even with them it is unethical and a total waste of time.
I have met some of these screwballs, and they don't doctor long.(usually end up at the VA where they are miserable for the rest of their careers)
I answered the rest of your rhetorical questions in my post. I suggest you keep that crap confined to the gun threads where insecurity seems the rule rather than the exception.
I am a gun owner and totally secure in my beliefs that the 2nd will survive. I also don't mind people or authorities knowing that I own a gun. In fact, they do! I want them to know!It is always assumed anyway.
I don't even have a clue what is eating you and others about this. I saw the same BS when a car rental agency wanted finger prints for ID.
The reactions to these things just amaze me. It looks like a Bircher convention on this forum at times. Amazing!
Gotta go, I have a CFR meeting............:-)