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And, since school librarians seem to think this kind of smut is perfectly acceptable for children, what works better? Trusting them to do the right thing or banning books that shouldn't have been there in the first place? I'm guessing parents already went to their school librarians and were stone walled on this subject. Which is probably why the law was passed. |
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Your opinion noted but I don't agree. I think parents do have the right to keep their school libraries free of this kind of material.
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I've had high school teens, six of them, and I would definitely not have wanted them reading this crap. |
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Many public school teachers think they're rights should trump the parent's rights, and apparently this goes for public school librarians as well. Unfortunately too many of them think that those "rights" (rights they don't have) include helping the kids to "grow up" in ways they think are appropriate in opposition to the wishes of the parents. This is partly why my kids did not go to public school. Quote:
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Keeping your own kids out of public schools seems like a much more reasonable approach to parenting than supporting bans on what other parents' children are allowed to read in public schools is. Last edited by DiapDealer; 08-11-2024 at 03:13 PM. |
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Idaho's gonna do what Idaho's gonna do. Thankfully, there are 4 out-of-state libraries that allow Idaho teens to get free library cards online and without parental consent.
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I've known plenty of parents who try being their kids friends rather than their parents. Plenty of parents outright ignore their duty as parents. If you are going to claim/expect it's your job to decide these issues then you had BETTER do the job but do it responsibly and realistically. Because telling your daughter that you expect her to remain a virgin until she marries or she will be a slut if she doesn't won't work. Telling your son if he's going to fool around make sure he wears protection otherwise have fun isn't the recipe to success either. There needs to be realistic honesty to the discussion that the parents SHOULD be having with their kids. Sadly, most don't want to have those discussions with their teenage children they would prefer to stick their heads in the sand and not do their DUTY! So, they take the easy way out and blame the schools for them not doing the parents jobs. |
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You would give your argument a lot more credence if you actually read the book, instead of blindly arguing against it. Statements/sentences/words taken out of context can always be twisted into something horrifying to support your argument.
What is your hang up with the natural human state? You have children, so you have obviously engaged in the "smut" behaviour... so why do you trash it? Are you one of those people that thinks it is ok when you do it, but disgusting when anybody else does it? |
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Parents have the right to keep their children away from material they find objectionable. They do NOT have the right to keep other people's children away from that material. That's interfering in the parental rights of other people.
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We would never give children the keys to the car at 15 and tell them to go learn to drive. We would never give children a screwdriver and pliers and tell them to upgrade the electrical cables in the house. We would never throw a child off a boat into deep water and tell them to learn to swim. Most of lifes activities require education and training. Yet, when it comes to sex, parents are mute. Most children are thrown out there in the wild, clueless, confused, and expected to figure it out for themselves, only able to talk to other children as ignorant on the subject as themselves. |
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I think the discussion is going in circles now. If you think you have something insightful to say on this topic, say it now, because I'll be closing this thread in about 10 hours time.
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