You're Teaching My Child What? by Miriam Grossman Page A

catastrophe. At this time in her life, she shouldn’t be concerned about anything more serious than finals.
    The second catastrophe was her sentiment: “The pleasure I had was worth it.”
    Worth it? What’s she talking about?
    Didn’t she have the concerns I always hear: When was I infected, last week or last year? and Who was it, Kenny or Ron? Should I tell my current partner, or my future ones? What about Mom and Dad? What does dysplasia mean, anyhow? Could I really get . . . cancer ?
    Was this young woman aware, I wondered, of all the possible ramifications? While it’s true that most HPV seems to clear, she’ll never know—is the virus gone, or just dormant? Had anyone told her that having one sexually transmitted disease (STD) makes her more vulnerable to others, including HIV? That being on the pill could increase her risk, and that pregnancy can re-activate the virus?
    All this, yet “the pleasure was worth it”?
    I guess she felt that sex trumps everything, even health. It was all about pleasure, even if it ends in disease. Where did this thinking come from?

Back to the Source
    According to a 2008 report from the federal Centers for Disease Control, she has plenty of company: one in four adolescent girls in the United States has a sexually transmitted infection. 4 When that fact hit the news, parents were horrified, health experts were shocked, and the CDC called it “a wake-up call.” 5
    A statement was issued by the president of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). The figures, it said, were “staggering” and “disturbing”; they represented an “inexcusable failure.” 6
    Their reaction reminded me of a scene in the classic film Casablanca . You know, that famous line in which Captain Renault tells Rick he is “shocked— shocked! —to find that gambling is going on in here,” and then quietly collects his winnings.
    One in two sexually active youth will contract an STD by age 25. 29
    That 3.2 7 million American girls have a sexually transmitted infection should come as no shock, especially to SIECUS and its main cohorts, Advocates For Youth (AFY) and Planned Parenthood. This pandemic is a direct consequence of their vision and ideals.
    These groups claim to provide “comprehensive access” to “accurate” sex education. Take a look, though, at their curricula, their guides for teachers and parents, and—most disturbing—the websites to which they direct your kids: you’ll see how young people are infused with a grotesque exaggeration of the place of sexuality. Promiscuity, experimentation, and fringe behaviors are encouraged. For them, these are personal choices, and judgments are prohibited. At all ages, sexual freedom is a “right,” an issue of social justice. In short, they are dedicated to promoting radical social ideologies, not preventing disease.
    That one in four teens has a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is deeply troubling, yes, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise. What’s astonishing is the madness called “sexuality education.” Until these programs are recognized as irresponsible and dishonest, young people, especially girls, will continue to pay an awful price.

    Sex education is comprised of a vast network of programs with Planned Parenthood, Advocates for Youth, and SIECUS at its center. Consequently, every parent should check their child’s school curricula for the full picture.
    Madness is a strong word, but the more I learn what our children are taught, and when , the more I stand by that choice.
    Parents, have you heard what our kids are told? Have you seen what’s put in front of them? I thought it was illegal to make indecent material available to minors. You think MTV is vulgar? I suggest you explore the material sex educators have created for kids.
    Take a look at Planned Parenthood’s