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October 7, 2005, 9:59 pm PDT
 Quote From: princsjenn First of all I am not a mother but that does not hender my knowledge. I would like to say that breastfeeding privately in public in one thing, however, there are many mothers out there who just let their breast be exposed. What kind of message is that sending to our children...that mommies can expose their body wherever and whenever? It worries me because so many mothers believe it is a bond between them and their child and I respect that but I don't care to see a bare breast out in the open. And please don't tell me to look the other way because I don't need to be inconvienced because you want to do as you please. I just think that most mothers need to learn to compromise and cover themselves up.
Condoms at school...good or bad? Well first of all it all starts in the home. I believe that it is not the school's responsibility to teach our children about sex education. I am a sophomore in college and it's a topic that is roaming all over the campuses in high school and unfortunately in the junior high levels. There needs to be a "talk" about this in the home. After this is established then the school needs a sex educational course to refresh or fill in any of the missing gaps. I believe that handing out condoms at school is not a bad idea. It does not promote having sex at an early age nor does it influence the teenagers more. Kids are going to find a way whether or not they have been told in the home that it's bad to have sex before they are married. Therefore, I think kids should be provided with the knowledge as well as the supplies that go along with it.
Lastly, the issue about rowdy kids in public places and whether or not we have the authority to disipline them is sketchy. I feel that if some little kid is tormenting me or someone else, he/she or I have the right to tell them to stop. However, if they are running around not bothering anyone physically but it is still annoying, the best solution is to talk to the parents. Parents should teach their children how to behave in public places and then we wouldn't have this debate. Overall, don't approach the children, talk to the parents first. Is it really that much of an inconvenience to turn your head away from something that disturbs you. It is more like a human reaction than an inconvenience. Really. I've never seen any breast feeding mother expose their breast as if they are doing as they please. Most are very conscience of the people around them and are just trying to go about their business as you are trying to go about yours. It should be nothing for you to get worked up about. |
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October 7, 2005, 10:27 pm PDT
Quote From: princsjenn First of all I am not a mother but that does not hender my knowledge. I would like to say that breastfeeding privately in public in one thing, however, there are many mothers out there who just let their breast be exposed. What kind of message is that sending to our children...that mommies can expose their body wherever and whenever? It worries me because so many mothers believe it is a bond between them and their child and I respect that but I don't care to see a bare breast out in the open. And please don't tell me to look the other way because I don't need to be inconvienced because you want to do as you please. I just think that most mothers need to learn to compromise and cover themselves up.
Condoms at school...good or bad? Well first of all it all starts in the home. I believe that it is not the school's responsibility to teach our children about sex education. I am a sophomore in college and it's a topic that is roaming all over the campuses in high school and unfortunately in the junior high levels. There needs to be a "talk" about this in the home. After this is established then the school needs a sex educational course to refresh or fill in any of the missing gaps. I believe that handing out condoms at school is not a bad idea. It does not promote having sex at an early age nor does it influence the teenagers more. Kids are going to find a way whether or not they have been told in the home that it's bad to have sex before they are married. Therefore, I think kids should be provided with the knowledge as well as the supplies that go along with it.
Lastly, the issue about rowdy kids in public places and whether or not we have the authority to disipline them is sketchy. I feel that if some little kid is tormenting me or someone else, he/she or I have the right to tell them to stop. However, if they are running around not bothering anyone physically but it is still annoying, the best solution is to talk to the parents. Parents should teach their children how to behave in public places and then we wouldn't have this debate. Overall, don't approach the children, talk to the parents first. I don't really think it is an issue of the mothers doing as they please... I'm not a parent either, so i can't comment on the feeling of not being able to feed their child because someone else does not want to be inconvenienced. I think it's an issue of their child needs to be nourished. And is it really an inconvenience to concentrate on what you went to that place to do in the first place? If people didn't spend so much time concentrating on how uncomfortable it makes them feel,and spent a little time trying to be empathetic to that small childs' need to eat, not to mention staring at the mother, which probably makes her very uncomfortable, they'd most likely forget it was even happening. |
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