Replies to '05/31 "I Hate This Marriage"'

I agree wholeheartedly! There is a serious epidemic out there where sex is no longer a "big deal". You hear about teens and PRE-teens having oral sex in the back of school buses and in class. They say "hey, no biggie, just friends with benifits" At that age they are to immature to understand that they are setting themselves up for a life time of worry about stds as well as emotional problems. Feeling inadequate, shamed, hurt, confused, these teens are turning to drugs, huffing and alchol at record numbers. Why isn't America concerned enough about this? Mainly because its still more prevelant in the minority communities, because its harder to tell that your upper middle class child is huffing household cleaners or stealing a swallow of your cognac. Its harder to tell until your child comes home pregnant, drunk, high or doesn't come home at all.

These children are who will be your Doctors, your therapists, your dentists, your leaders when you are old and grey think about that one!  Who will care for you in the nursing home? These children if they get a chance to grow up, will be the future population. We need to care enough about them to stand up and shout " This is not acceptable! This is not right!  You are worth more then this! You deserve a better life!!!!!" They need people who don't just lecture them, but people who listen who understand and who care.

(Jumping off my social commentary soapbox now)  :)