tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post4663539712833103684..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Get "The Pill" At Middle SchoolDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-39491161419596279332007-10-30T08:55:00.000-07:002007-10-30T08:55:00.000-07:00This is one more example of society taking the pow...This is one more example of society taking the power of parenting away from parents. If some parents aren't acting responsibly towards their children, they should be dealt with as neglectful. The rest of the parents shouldn't lose their rights because of them.loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-19454258018301497762007-10-23T14:46:00.000-07:002007-10-23T14:46:00.000-07:00Mr. Hanson wrote an interesting post, but one with...Mr. Hanson wrote an interesting post, but one with which I disagree. I left a comment on that post, and recommend readers here to go read that post to get an alternate take on the situation.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-84883484175735343842007-10-23T12:42:00.000-07:002007-10-23T12:42:00.000-07:00I think the issue of middle school birth control i...I think the issue of middle school birth control is a very challenging one for educators given the roles expected of them in today’s society. As a former school superintendent, I had great concerns about the disdain shown for the school and the school board in this matter. I wrote about that aspect at:<BR/><BR/>http://www.openeducation.net/2007/10/22/did-maine-middle-school-stray-outside-its-appropriate-role/<BR/><BR/>It may be of interest to you or your readers. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Tom Hanson<BR/>Editor<BR/>OpenEducation.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-19161376356722191002007-10-19T22:43:00.000-07:002007-10-19T22:43:00.000-07:00What I don't get is that we get almost daily warni...What I don't get is that we get almost daily warnings about blood clots, cancer all kinds of other side effects from estogen birth control pills and yet, we can give them to 12 year olds? As teachers, we can't even give a kid an Advil without permission slips and phone calls home. And we don't have a clue what that many hormones pumped into an adolescent body will do. I see reports all the time about how different medications are not permitted for use in children and teens, but some school nurse is going to issue a script for them thanks to your local traveling doctor. What about medical history? This was part of the whole dilemma with the abortion pill. Planned Parenthood along with the EU pushed how it was easier and more personal to self induce a miscarriage at home. But there are strict rules that must be followed. There have been deaths associated with misuse. I am sure that misuse of hormones could also be a liability down the line. Kids don't need any medications other than that to keep them healthy. This is the same as saying to a kid to go ahead and have sex. But while condoms prevent STD's all the pill will do is prevent pregnancy. So who is going to benefit from this policy? Are teenaged boys writing laws in Maine now?Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-65006243618043126522007-10-18T16:29:00.000-07:002007-10-18T16:29:00.000-07:00Excellent idea, Brook.Excellent idea, Brook.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1347156527569753842007-10-18T11:05:00.000-07:002007-10-18T11:05:00.000-07:00well then they need to be that specific signing an...well then they need to be that specific signing and consenting to each drug ... an initial after benadril, an initial after aspirin, no initial after birth control and so onAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192919259464777850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-18980438467808236942007-10-18T08:58:00.000-07:002007-10-18T08:58:00.000-07:00My implication was that parents would sign the "tr...My implication was that parents would sign the "treatment consent" forms, thinking they're allowing their kids to get an aspirin--never thinking in a million years that they'd be consenting to birth control pills.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-40717612956594186742007-10-18T08:05:00.000-07:002007-10-18T08:05:00.000-07:00Darren what planet do you live on where a school n...Darren what planet do you live on where a school nurse could give anyone an aspirin? <BR/><BR/>You would have to bring the aspirin to the nurse and sign paperwork saying it was ok. <BR/><BR/>And if your child had smuggled in the "drugs" then zero-tolerence kicks in and bye-bye.<BR/><BR/>But I'm sure birth control will be easily obtainable. . .<BR/><BR/>sighAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-79526389735750979472007-10-17T20:48:00.000-07:002007-10-17T20:48:00.000-07:00"I don't see how a thinking adult could support su..."I don't see how a thinking adult could support such a law."<BR/><BR/>Thats exactly the thing most liberals have no sense of what reality is and live in a fantasy land of assisting and aiding everybody in the nation despite the cost and moral preprocussions of their actions ... <BR/><BR/>liberalism ... its America's biggest diseaseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192919259464777850noreply@blogger.com