Obama: Sex Ed for Kindergarten Right Thing To Do

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Proof that even the most articulate Presidential candidates need to occasionally be told to just shut up by their staffers.
 
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No doubt. I think fifth grade is the first time I had an explicit thought saying "Damn; she's hot."

So fifth or sixth grade would be the right time.
 
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Between his comments on this and his and Edwards' comments on federally funded abortions, they have guaranteed the highest they can expect is VP. These statements might get you a few Dem primary states but in the age of the blogosphere these positions guarantee constant mentioning and energizing a religious right base to actually show up.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Are you FREAKING kidding me??? The liberals are just too much for me. Next thing you know is they will be teaching drug education as well. Just ridiculous.
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Obviously, you are taking it totally out of context. And of course, if it was up to the bible thumping right, it would be taught to never have sex unless you are married...and that would be taught in college. LOL. Unfortunately, in our current times, too many kids are getting pregnant before they ever reach high school. So while you can go hide your head in the sand with the rest of the far right, being proactive in our sex education for children at an earlier age is appropriate, whether you like it or not.
 
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Are the schools going to teach sex ed as well as they teach reading, writing, and math?
 
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Agreed. And actually I see no reason for the schools to do so in any event, regardless if the parents are doing their jobs or not.
 
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vader said:
If parents did their job, the schools would not have to.
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Not all parents are as enlightened as you. I think most of us baby boomers had to learn it on our own. I know my parents and many of my friends parents didn't say too much about sex and they still did a pretty darn good job as parents.
 
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truefan said:
Obviously, you are taking it totally out of context. And of course, if it was up to the bible thumping right, it would be taught to never have sex unless you are married...and that would be taught in college. LOL. Unfortunately, in our current times, too many kids are getting pregnant before they ever reach high school. So while you can go hide your head in the sand with the rest of the far right, being proactive in our sex education for children at an earlier age is appropriate, whether you like it or not.
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You know I don't expect or think it's realistic for everyone to wait. But how can someone not see this would be a good thing?

Just think what a world would look like with NO AIDS, STD's, abortions and so on.

Teaching a kid in kindergarden about sex ed is a joke. When you were in high school or middle school did you remember anything about kindergarden other than milk, nap time and the smelly kid that kept peeing in his pants?

so it's not okay for the gov't to legislate morality when it comes to religion but it's okay for them when it's about safe sex?

Sorry but it's a FACT that if more people waited to have sex with their husband/wife and didn't have multiple sex partners many of our problems AIDS, STD's etc would not exist.

So why don't you go hide your head in the sand and pretend "safe" sex ed to 4 and 5 year olds is the answer.
 
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truefan said:
Not all parents are as enlightened as you. I think most of us baby boomers had to learn it on our own. I know my parents and many of my friends parents didn't say too much about sex and they still did a pretty darn good job as parents.
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I was in the same boat. What I learned I picked up from my older brothers, friends and the fact that my parents were naive enough to let me have HBO in my room :)
 
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truefan said:
Obviously, you are taking it totally out of context. And of course, if it was up to the bible thumping right, it would be taught to never have sex unless you are married...and that would be taught in college. LOL. Unfortunately, in our current times, too many kids are getting pregnant before they ever reach high school. So while you can go hide your head in the sand with the rest of the far right, being proactive in our sex education for children at an earlier age is appropriate, whether you like it or not.
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Head in the sand . . . far right . . . bible thumping . . . proactive . . . All the buzzwords seem to be there.

Whatever your political persuasion, at what point does common sense needs to creep in and tell you that it's patently goofy to stand at a podium and talk about sex ed in schools for 5 year olds.
 
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vader said:
I was in the same boat. What I learned I picked up from my older brothers, friends and the fact that my parents were naive enough to let me have HBO in my room :)
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:lolabove: Isn't that the truth!
 
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vader said:
I was in the same boat. What I learned I picked up from my older brothers, friends and the fact that my parents were naive enough to let me have HBO in my room :)
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:eek:lol:I had Showtime.
 
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GAVol said:
Head in the sand . . . far right . . . bible thumping . . . proactive . . . All the buzzwords seem to be there.

Whatever your political persuasion, at what point does common sense needs to creep in and tell you that it's patently goofy to stand at a podium and talk about sex ed in schools for 5 year olds.
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I would be interested to hear what he deems "age appropriate"
 
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GAVol said:
Head in the sand . . . far right . . . bible thumping . . . proactive . . . All the buzzwords seem to be there.

Whatever your political persuasion, at what point does common sense needs to creep in and tell you that it's patently goofy to stand at a podium and talk about sex ed in schools for 5 year olds.
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Whatever, spin it however you would like. I think teaching 5 year olds about where to "not touch" and what constitutes "bad touches" is a good idea. and it probably isn't too early to teach basic human reproduction.
 
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JZVOL said:
You know I don't expect or think it's realistic for everyone to wait. But how can someone not see this would be a good thing?

Just think what a world would look like with NO AIDS, STD's, abortions and so on.

Teaching a kid in kindergarden about sex ed is a joke. When you were in high school or middle school did you remember anything about kindergarden other than milk, nap time and the smelly kid that kept peeing in his pants?

so it's not okay for the gov't to legislate morality when it comes to religion but it's okay for them when it's about safe sex?

Sorry but it's a FACT that if more people waited to have sex with their husband/wife and didn't have multiple sex partners many of our problems AIDS, STD's etc would not exist.

So why don't you go hide your head in the sand and pretend "safe" sex ed to 4 and 5 year olds is the answer.
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Get off your moral high horse. Sorry, but it is a fact many married couples share the same STD and don't even know it. Numerous studies have been conducted on it.

So the next time your child walks into the room when you are watching ER and a couple are going at it, see if you can explain it to your child better than a trained educator
 
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truefan said:
So the next time your child walks into the room when you are watching ER and a couple are going at it, see if you can explain it to your child better than a trained educator
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Gotta love it. A true sign of someone wanting the government to train their kids, because the government has shown how good they are at this kind of stuff.
 
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truefan said:
Whatever, spin it however you would like. I think teaching 5 year olds about where to "not touch" and what constitutes "bad touches" is a good idea. and it probably isn't too early to teach basic human reproduction.
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First of all, it has nothing to do with spin. It's just a fundamental question of what to teach children.

I've got a 5 year old, and I spend a good amount of my time doing child safety seminars, so this hits pretty close to home for me. I don't think anybody would argue with you about teaching kids about "bad touches". Although, I handle that at home and don't rely on the school. That's just where we are as a society. But even basic reproduction is going a little too far IMO for a 5 year old.
 
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truefan said:
Get off your moral high horse. Sorry, but it is a fact many married couples share the same STD and don't even know it. Numerous studies have been conducted on it.

So the next time your child walks into the room when you are watching ER and a couple are going at it, see if you can explain it to your child better than a trained educator
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Moral high horse? The answer to so many problems is easy but you think I'm judging people?

Where did these std's come from?

Yes I would much rather talk to MY children about sex and other PERSONAL issues than someone I've never met who is "trained".

I would love to sit in on a sex ed talk with 4 and 5 year olds and see how much "progress" they make. What a joke.
 
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