miikaawaadizi opened this issue on Oct 15, 2008 · 183 posts
samhal posted Fri, 24 October 2008 at 4:18 PM
Don't disagree at all. Absolutely parents have a pivotal role to play in a childs development.
However parents are being overwhelmed today. My parents had it easy. When I went to school (not saying how long ago) there was no cell phones, heck there wasn't even sex-ed. Health (of sorts in H.S. yes), but NOT sex-ed in any grade. Now it's taught in middleschool in some places.
Back then an R rating meant something, 18 or over only and there was no PG-13. Youngs kids today absorb R movies like candy (don't kid yourself thinking they don't) ala cable tv, if not at home, then someone elses. I won't even get into the internet issues. When I was in school, there was no gay rights or gay marriages...even the concept of it was foreign. Now its becoming part of the curriculum.
Right direction? Wrong direction? In some cases yes, in others no. Who knows...you tell me.
But society as a whole dictates the direction we move in and it's not hard to see the direction we're moving in. What about the Folsum Street Fair in San Francisco? Open nudity and outright sex, gay or otherwise, in broad daylight...and is sanctioned by the city itself! Whoa! In my parents day this would have indicated to them the end of the world was at hand.
And this is just from 15-20 years ago to today. Can't wait to see what the next 15-20 years or so brings!
Serious question here: Do you think pedophiles will slowly win their rights too? Don't laugh. Gay rights had NO chance either just a decade ago.
Parents have a MUCH harder job today than they did, and it's just not getting any easier.
Again, just sayin'.
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