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I really think that the school system and our own government has over stepped their boundries when it comes to our children and the rights of the parents....I really dont think the school system should have the right to overstep parental rights or issues such as birth control...That in my day of growing up was something the parents had the right to choose for their children and discuss with them based on their own personal feelings or spritual beliefs on the issue.
I really think its over due that parents step up to the plate and tell the school system to mind their own darn business and get back to TEACHING...That is their job!!!!

I believe that any organization or agency who essentially promotes under age promiscuity should also be prepared to be charged as an accessory to statutory rape. What they don't seem to remember is that sex with a minor is still quite ILLEGAL!

I think I take a different view on the subject.  I was a mother of two children by the time I graduated from high school.  Kids are going to have sex, whether parents want them to or not.  No matter how they were raised or what their family values are.  There are other outside influences that can direct our children in other directions than what they were taught by their parents.  I honestly feel if there was some kind of program of this nature when I was a teen, I may not have had children so early.  My parents were strict, and I still did exactly the opposite of what I was taught in my home.  I think there should be some kind of parental involvement but if the parents are not taking responsibility of knowing what their children are doing and they are confiding in another adult, they are atleast being as responsible as they can with what they have.  What are the parents going to say when their 13 year old comes home pregnant?  As parents we all try to protect and teach our children the right path to take, whether they listen is up to them.  Its like when you decided to build a pool, you told your children not to go in without you.  But you put up a fence to keep them out of it didnt you?

I believe that parents should be in charge of their child. Yes, at that age they are still children.  However, some children seem to grow and mature faster than others.  I don't feel it is the right of the school to offer birth control to these children especially without the parents consent.  Who knows how a birth control pill can affect a child of 11 or 12.  It could produce some harmful side effects.  I say, the parents need to take charge of their children.  There needs to be interaction between the parents and the child.  So, I guess I am totally against the schools being able to prescribe birth control for a child.  Maybe there needs to be more money spent on teaching parents how to deal with these types of children, instead of trying to hand out Birth control and at Whose expense?

I am assuming these children are getting sex education with the birth control. In the past I've heard of youngsters believing that pregnancy can't occur the first time, birth control prevents transmitted diseases, consuming alcoholic beverages will work as an abortive method, all kinds of misinformation. Without comprehensive sex education, giving children birth control is like giving them a car without instruction.

I am a grandmother with four grandchildren, oldest being 10-year-old.  It is very hard for me to imagine my grandchildren going to school and requesting some form of birth control.  This is way too young an age to be thinking about sex.  Now if you were talking about even 13 or 14-year-olds, I would probably have a different answer.  But we are discussing 11-year-olds, so I would say, "Definitely not at 11-year-old.  They have no business getting birth control.  Are children really aware of sex and actually having relations at this young age???  This shows how out-of-it I am as far as what the young people are doing now-a-days.  This is very sad and shocking in my way of thinking.  Where are the parents or do they even care about what their children are doing?  Ultimately it really is their responsibility, but if the parents are not there for their children, then who is?  Maybe we are headed in this direction, if parents are not taking responsibility.  It is sad that society in general does not want to enforce any rules or standards of behavior.  Is it no wonder that our children are out of control?  

Sounds like to me that there is a whole lot of people out there that has just lost their minds.7th and 8th graders should be learning their studies...not how to prevent getting knocked-up..that should be the parents responsibility.Alot of this should fall on the parents shoulders.The teachers are there to teach..not raise someone else's child..come-on parents,if your child is having sex at this early age-there is such a thing still called rape..and it's still against the law..

I think that offering children birth control is wrong. They are just children, what do they know about having sexual relations? Are these school officals forgetting that it is very illegal to have sex as a minor. Furthermore with it being a crime are these school officials going to take personal responsibility when one of these girls forgets to take the pill and gets pregnant? Or when a boy forgets to use a condom and gets a girl pregnant? And what happens when this girls family had no knowledge about any of this and they kick her out. Are the school officials going to provide these young children with a place to stay? I think that these officials are trying to help, but they have not thought about all the consequences. So before they think about giving these children birth control of any kind they need to think it through and get a vote from the community.

i agree with spoiledbrat, even though I do not have children. Most of my friends had two or three kids by the time graduation came around. Birth Control is just like condoms. If the kids are making decisions to have sex, they should live up to the consequenses, but if they are taking proper measures to ensure that they do not become pregnant at an early age, that is the best path they can take. Parents need to be more open to their children about sex, pregnacy and preventing pregnatcies. Even though I abstained past high school, i know how hard peer pressure can get to a student when they are not strong enough emotionally and mentally. So, if the 'child' decides they are old enough to have sex, let them have the BC's to at least prevent being pregnant.