A new policy approved by the Provincetown, Massachusetts school committee would, in theory, make condoms available to kindergarteners without their parents’ knowledge or consent. Naturally, this has a lot of people in an uproar — mostly the sort of folks who are opposed to sex in general. The policy is an “absolute push to promote sexual promiscuity,” according to Kris Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, an organization apparently dedicated to stamping out anything fun. “This is the theater of the absurd to hand condoms to first-graders who don’t even know what their purpose possibly could be, who can’t even spell sex,” he added.
Posts Tagged ‘Education’
Kindergarten Kondoms
Friday, June 25th, 2010Parental Priorities Lead to Poverty
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
There is no greater gift a parent can give their children than a good solid education, especially when faced with overwhelming poverty. And yet, in some of the poorest countries in the world, parents are neglecting their children’s futures by falling behind on school tuition, not just because they are poor but also, in many cases, because the fathers — who generally control the finances — spend an inordinate amount of the family’s limited resources on alcohol, cigarettes, and even cellphones.
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