Does Your School Use Planned Parenthood for Health/ Sex Ed Classes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They are not telling your kids to take political positions. They are literally talking about the birds and the bees.

Settle down, Francis.

Really? By using non gendered terminology? Sorry; that’s a hard pass, Francis

He’s Frank now. No ambiguity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Planned Parenthood is known for providing sex education. I’m surprised people are surprised!

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/for-educators

I love it when activists draft my adolescent’s private school curriculum. So woke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are not telling your kids to take political positions. They are literally talking about the birds and the bees.

Settle down, Francis.

Really? By using non gendered terminology? Sorry; that’s a hard pass, Francis

What would of been the non-political unbiased way to deal with this? Not selecting a gender means that are actually remaining unbiased in the situation, and allowing each kid to dictate how they want to be referenced/what they believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like a natural partnership. It also provides students the knowledge of providers who will help in an emergency. Sure many students know about Planned Parenthood but wouldn’t you rather your child go to a proven institution for advice than Tik Tok? Planned Parenthood is more than a political movement. However with everything at schools being politicized these days, I’d rather schools align this way than with anti-science groups.

Frankly it is the last morganatic I would want my dds involved with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are not telling your kids to take political positions. They are literally talking about the birds and the bees.

Settle down, Francis.

Really? By using non gendered terminology? Sorry; that’s a hard pass, Francis

What would of been the non-political unbiased way to deal with this? Not selecting a gender means that are actually remaining unbiased in the situation, and allowing each kid to dictate how they want to be referenced/what they believe.

Oh great. Let’s teach about the birds and the bees based on what each individual middle schooler “believes,”. What could possibly go wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like a natural partnership. It also provides students the knowledge of providers who will help in an emergency. Sure many students know about Planned Parenthood but wouldn’t you rather your child go to a proven institution for advice than Tik Tok? Planned Parenthood is more than a political movement. However with everything at schools being politicized these days, I’d rather schools align this way than with anti-science groups.

Let me guess - you won't be voting for Trump in 2024 - am I right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The education department of PPMW focuses on STI prevention, pregnancy prevention through birth control and abstinence and sexual health and development with teens. It is a well run and science based program that prevents teens from getting sexually transmitted diseases and/or pregnant. I was glad PPMW was teaching my kid these important facts well before they would be sexually active.
Much better than some teacher doing it with shoddy curriculum.

PPMW (pp metropolitan Washington) did a parent presentation at our school last year in which the presenters obviously and proactively avoided using the words “boys,” “girls,” “males,” “females,” etc. it was almost comical how they worked themselves into a knot to avoid using those apparently offensive words, when trying to describe a sex Ed class.

Agree with you OP. It’s ideology over science and if the school plans to bring them back again, I will speak up and oppose.

You can opt you kid out. Why oppose something other parents want?

Agree. I just think it’s important to recognize that most parents have no idea how radical PP has become

+1

I used to work for PPFA. I would have had no problem with them teaching my kids sex ed 20 years ago. But now? They make their money from selling trans hormones and have a very profit-focused pro-trans agenda. I do not want my daughters to be told that "men can menstruate too", or "some women have penises". I do not want them to be lectured about "birthing people", because we're not allowed to say "women" or "mothers" anymore.

If you're wondering why so many teenage girls are coming out as trans, this is why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The education department of PPMW focuses on STI prevention, pregnancy prevention through birth control and abstinence and sexual health and development with teens. It is a well run and science based program that prevents teens from getting sexually transmitted diseases and/or pregnant. I was glad PPMW was teaching my kid these important facts well before they would be sexually active.
Much better than some teacher doing it with shoddy curriculum.

what does PPMW stand for?

Planned parenthood of metro Washington

[Anonymous]

I would NEVER trust PP near my kid. Beware.

[Anonymous]

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I would NEVER trust PP near my kid. Beware.

Agree. And I have heard that our school uses them as well, although I have no evidence of that and have not heard it mentioned. We are new this year to 7th grade.

Any suggestions as to what a parent at a DMV private school can or should do, if in fact this turns out to be something introduced to the curriculum?

[Anonymous]

My DD has had two sexuality education experiences. One at her public elementary school, with a carefully negotiated curriculum that was approved by the BOE and frankly, had so many gaping holes in it. They did have a unit on "gender," and that unit was laughable -- it was all, some people say girls are better at parenting, but that's a stereotype, etc. Stuff they taught in the 1970s. In middle school, her private school brought in Planned Parenthood and it was science-based and medically accurate, and dealt with the questions the kids themselves had.

If you are concerned, instead of labelling a local medical provider as teaching a biased curriculum based on what their lobbying arm does in national politics, why don't you ask to see the lesson plans to see what is being taught.

BTW, I would not want Focus on the Family teaching sexuality education because they recommend teaching a Bible-based conservative Christian view on sex, including that men and women should limit their friendships (the "Billy Graham rule") and that sex only exists for procreation. Not really helpful to ensuring my kid can avoid getting pregnant or catching an STD when they become sexually active.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD has had two sexuality education experiences. One at her public elementary school, with a carefully negotiated curriculum that was approved by the BOE and frankly, had so many gaping holes in it. They did have a unit on "gender," and that unit was laughable -- it was all, some people say girls are better at parenting, but that's a stereotype, etc. Stuff they taught in the 1970s. In middle school, her private school brought in Planned Parenthood and it was science-based and medically accurate, and dealt with the questions the kids themselves had.

If you are concerned, instead of labelling a local medical provider as teaching a biased curriculum based on what their lobbying arm does in national politics, why don't you ask to see the lesson plans to see what is being taught.

BTW, I would not want Focus on the Family teaching sexuality education because they recommend teaching a Bible-based conservative Christian view on sex, including that men and women should limit their friendships (the "Billy Graham rule") and that sex only exists for procreation. Not really helpful to ensuring my kid can avoid getting pregnant or catching an STD when they become sexually active.

At our school, they offer a parent session via Zoom, in which they review the curriculum and answer parent questions. I think this is a good idea and one that I think all parents should take advantage of. I also looked at their website; frankly, I do find it troubling. For example, I would like to ask them what they mean by the statement that "hetero-cis sexuality is an ongoing public health threat." If that is the lens through which they are teaching this middle school curriculum, my kid is out. There is nothing non-biased about that statement.

[Anonymous]

Do people not know that Planned Parenthood is a healthcare provider? It's not like abortion central - when I was making 30k working on the Hill, PP was the most cost effective way to get my yearly well woman exam done.

Focus on the Family is not a healthcare provider. The ignorance on this thread is astounding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD has had two sexuality education experiences. One at her public elementary school, with a carefully negotiated curriculum that was approved by the BOE and frankly, had so many gaping holes in it. They did have a unit on "gender," and that unit was laughable -- it was all, some people say girls are better at parenting, but that's a stereotype, etc. Stuff they taught in the 1970s. In middle school, her private school brought in Planned Parenthood and it was science-based and medically accurate, and dealt with the questions the kids themselves had.

If you are concerned, instead of labelling a local medical provider as teaching a biased curriculum based on what their lobbying arm does in national politics, why don't you ask to see the lesson plans to see what is being taught.

BTW, I would not want Focus on the Family teaching sexuality education because they recommend teaching a Bible-based conservative Christian view on sex, including that men and women should limit their friendships (the "Billy Graham rule") and that sex only exists for procreation. Not really helpful to ensuring my kid can avoid getting pregnant or catching an STD when they become sexually active.

At our school, they offer a parent session via Zoom, in which they review the curriculum and answer parent questions. I think this is a good idea and one that I think all parents should take advantage of. I also looked at their website; frankly, I do find it troubling. For example, I would like to ask them what they mean by the statement that "hetero-cis sexuality is an ongoing public health threat." If that is the lens through which they are teaching this middle school curriculum, my kid is out. There is nothing non-biased about that statement.

You are pulling something from their equity and inclusion statement, and you are misquoting that statement. It doesn't saying being straight is a threat; it says describing being straight/being cis as the only normal way is a public health threat because of the stigma and mental health impacts.

If you read their philosophy on sex ed, it talks about following national standards and evidence-based curriculum. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/for-educators/what-sex-education.

[Anonymous]

Oh heck no. So inappropriate. I would complain loudly about PP coming to school. I wouldn’t want Focus on the Family there either.