Protecting your child- Raising G-Rated Kids In An Sex rated world

Protecting your child- Raising G-Rated Kids In A Sex rated world

My heart weighs heavy under deep concern for our nation. Our culture.

I heard a radio snippet today assuring parents that the people who rate movies are reworking the process. The goal is to make it easier for us to help choose movies for our children with greater wisdom.

It is not enough to rate our movies “G” when our kids watch the “X” rated world around us.

I’m no alarmist, check out the facts for yourself. Just in the last few weeks a few startling trends came to my attention:

*A representative of a major US city was on a TV show touting the newest sexual education program coming to their schools. Starting in kindergarten. Their city ranks nearly highest in childhood sexual activity and disease. What disturbed me particularly, was the potential for desensitizing kids to know that what is harmful to them might be disguised as “normal”.

*Another person told me about her local sex Ed program where 2^nd graders are preparing to learn about the details they “need” to know- — I was shocked to hear that even anal sex would be covered. 2^nd graders. The parent was infuriated and went to the school and was shut right down, the “rights” seem to be shifting from parental choice to school mandated programs.

*Several articles I have read (when I find them I will cite them) have discussed these new trends. Parents’ wishes to view materials in advance rejected.

*Assaults on teen girls by groups of boys. Sometimes the girls are conscious, other times not. Always tragic. And the kids think it is fun to post the pictures on social media.

*In the US, someone is sexually assaulted every few minutes. Is this highly sexualized culture really producing the freedom we thought it would?

*People are stolen and sold, right under our noses

What can parents do to protect their child?

These are just a few of the things, all relating to our new sexual reality.

We rate our movies “G” and produce images that would have been considered pornographic in recent history for all our children to see.

Ads, commercials, songs. Listen to the words of the music your child chooses. You might be shocked. I know I was. Sit down with your kids and discuss these things, it might be awkward, but worthwhile.

Again, I am so far from a prude, but those painful mistakes and wrongs against me deserve to be lessons learned from. Not forgotten.

I am not anti-sexuality, I am anti-indoctrination

I think it is a wondrous gift….When we choose it and are old enough to understand what we are dealing with. Agreed, times are changing and things are not easily dealt with.

I might lose readers over this post. It is hard to hear the unpleasant pieces. Trust me, this is not easy to write. It pains me greatly, and comes with personal risk.

If you share my frustrations, please forward this to as many people as you know. Share it on social media.

Moral relativism, if followed through in a logical argument, does not seem to hold up. What is right for one person might be very wrong for someone else.

If we say we believe it, would we still if our child was the one being wronged for someone else’s right? Hardly.

Why is it important to protect a child?

We don’t claim to have all the answers, only one. We will not be silent.

We feel powerless, but we aren’t! Historically, sweeping changes were brought about by small numbers.

You love your children. Your sisters and brothers. Your nieces and nephews.

Don’t believe that the innocence of a child is an antiquated idea, we can start by talking.

So now what?

Let’s engage in dialogue. And then, action.

What will you do to begin to fight back against this shifting sexual landscape today? With your children? In your community, school, church, synagogue, etc?