Rant: Portland, Maine now offering oral contraceptives to 8th grade students. Students need parent's permission to go to the clinic but anything done there after that is confidential.
Rave! If we are raising children after God's own heart, it just will not matter anyway. That is why God's Word rings so true when it says that it is "foolishness to the world". They don't get it. They won't get it. Many are not even supposed to get it. But we do. Abstinence can work if children are raised in sheparding homes where parents value their kids above money. Do you know I am not worried at all about this and never have been? I am not boasting! Unless I boast in the Lord...this is His doing, not mine!
I urge parents to look further into information about dating, courtship, sheparding and abstinence...delve in NOW and immerse yourself in teaching when the kids are young. Knowing the information now and building on it year after year will build the confidence in you to speak truth to them and to others around you.
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I just read some disturbing stuff about oral contraceptives so that is even more awful to hear that they are giving them to kids. That's just a license to do whatever and only protects against pregnancy. Not diseases. Too many kids are going to have to learn that lesson the hard way and maybe even the lose your life way.
I read the article this morning too and sent it to Mike. Actually, they are able to give them to the girls ages 11 and up, due to a pregnancy crisis at the middle school. Very disturbing to say the least. I am so thankful that I am able to teach my children about God's love for them, courtship, and staying pure until marriage.
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I agree that the 'school' handing out birth control to children is wrong. I mean they want these girls who have not even started having a period to make choices that are adult choices. We are blessed to be able to teach our children about what God wants in staying pure and respecting ourselves (loving God) enough to wait.
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