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Date Posted: Monday, March 20
Author: Veteran Teacher
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Re: Proof that TV Affect Kids
In reply to: Maggie 's message, "Re: Proof that TV Affect Kids" on Monday, March 20

Music videos and the networks who show them have tremendous influence and are degrading our young women by promoting lesbian activity as part of a heterosexual girls normal inclination. Those who openly take a stand in any public arena against the open expression of homosexuality or inappropriate behavior are often branded as homophobic or prudes. I tell you there is no place in a public school that sexual intimacies should be shared. I am not afraid of homosexuality, I believe it to be wrong. But I do know that as a teacher, I dare not share that view. I am sure as a student, sharing one's name would not be a good idea.

What parents today need to know is that homosexual experimentation is becoming a fad in our teenage population and it is a dangerous one. While there are parents within our community who condone heterosexual teenage pre-marital sex as acceptable and even permit boyfriends and girlfriends to spend the night and there are parents who condone underage drinking and marijuana (even purchasing the products for teenage parties), homosexual relations seem to be one of the few ways left to rebel!

Those parents who THINK they are careful and don't let their children go to parties where there is a lack of parental supervision had better wise up and ask a lot more questions. Some parents permit ANYTHING.
Know the parent very well. Stop in and visit that parent during the party. Know what is going on! I'd rather my child think I am a pain in the neck than have my child's future compromised by a foolish mistake.

Know your child's plans, folks and don't always believe what your child says. Watch for changes in your child's social grouping. Know who your child calls on a cell phone and how often. Get the cell phone log and don't do business with a company that won't provide you with one. Your child's room is under your roof, feel free to go through it. No, it's not invading his space. The space is yours. You are the adult.

My parents always made our house the gathering spot and gave my siblings and I the earliest curfew of our friends.
I now understand why. We brought our friends home with us. My parents could witness their condition and they got to know who we were hanging out with. Friends were allowed to stay in our home until a predetermined time (10pm on school nights and midnight on weekends). I am sure this wasn't always convenient for my parents, but it surely was smart.

Think about this, a few years back, I had a 13 year old student who spent the night with a classmate. The mothers had spoken on the phone prior to the event. The host parent was a "loosey goosey" and the guest parent was assured that there would be adequate supervision, etc. To make a long story short... Guest parent gets a phone call in the wee hours of the morning. Knoxville police found her thirteen year old daughter and the other girl in a parked car with two 26 year old men who had been arrested on drug, dui, and rape charges.

The host parent had gone out for the evening and gave the girls money to walk to the store. The woman returned home at 9:30 am to find the note left by the police.

All parents are not the same! Know the other parent WELL.

Our children are truly our greatest investment. They are more precious than any earthly thing. We insure and place alarms on things like cars, but most parents will sooner loan out their child than their car.

The car is replaceable.

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