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Recently I wrote about the trend in public schools to push an "if it feels good, do it" brand of sex education on our kids. Those who write the "health education" curriculum, oversee the lesson plans and have the greatest authority in education believe that there are no taboos, and no boundaries on a teenager's sex life.
That they actually believe teens should engage in sex at all should be enough to cause outrage - but it goes much further than that. Dr. Miriam Grossman's new book, "You're Teaching My Child What?" documents how they seek to shape an entire...
Daughters Under Siege
I picked up a book by this title, a withdrawn paperback from the local public library. It looks hip and fresh, looks like the sort of thing you can hand to your teen and let her read - about body changes during puberty. Right? Wrong.
In this book are: at least one chapter on sex, where they list "good reasons to have sex" as "If you want to" "If you love your partner" "If you are using a condom" and reasons not to as mostly, don't get pushed into it. Oh yes, and parents are subtly mocked for not understanding you.
There is also a chapter on abortion. It guides young women who do get pregnant, to have abortions. Adoption isn't mentioned. How to get by, get a diploma while your child is in the school's daycare, and be...