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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Birth control must be free and actively offered to families in crisis levels of poverty.   How different things would be.[/quote]

Uhhh... you don't know much about birth control, do you?  It is free for poor people.  [/quote]
And you can’t force anyone to practice birth control.  I also find this line of thinking very insulting-that the solution to the problem is simply to make “less of them”.  Awfully close to what the racist Margaret Sanger was in favor of.
The solution is reinforcing morality and responsibility in families.  But that’s anathema these days.[/quote]

+1 yes![/quote]

But how would you "reinforce morality and responsibility in families"? Do you want the government to do it? If so, how? Through what mechanism? Or do you think people need more religion in their lives? Again, how are you going to make people go to church, get involved in youth groups, etc.?  I'm not arguing with you. I just want to understand HOW exactly you would "reinforce morality and responsibility" in families. In America, specifically.[/quote]

Retired educator here. Although I personally am a Christian and believe in prayer, I'm not advocating that we return prayer to the schools. I do think public schools should promote organizations/clubs that promote good values and formally recognize students for their efforts, have a "word of the week" like "kindness" and "honesty," have principals and other administrators walking the halls and getting know students and complimenting them, in middle and high schools have teachers and support personnel stand in their doorways and greet/compliment students, have a school-wide honor code, have days of service with kids helping others in their communities, have parenting classes, have after school programs, etc. Some schools still do these types of things, but many don't. Too many kids are rootless and unsupervised. Although not perfect, organizations like Scouts and Boys/Girls Clubs offer good programs. We've got rootless kids getting little to no supervision and learning behaviors from poor role models. Rewarding kids for positive behavior is wonderful and helps build self-esteem, but kids also need to know that there will be consequences for doing wrong. If kids know you genuinely care about them, they will usually try their best to meet your expectations.[/quote]

But honestly none of this matters if the values aren’t reinforced at home. [/quote]

Yes, you're right. Values need to be reinforced at home but the issue is not everyone has a good home and there are some sucky parents out there. THis is where the school needs to step in and provide these kids the discipline and sense of accountability  that is missing among kids these days. Instead, the schools are going the opposite direction. There's no discipline and kids get gets away with everything. The kids know this and they take advantage of this. We aren't doing these kids a favor by our kumbaya approach these days.  [/quote]

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