Birth Control

[Natt]

I'm the same way Sierra, my cycles began when I was 10 and they were always heavy and very painful, my mother would not allow me to use birth control to regulate the hormones so I suffered in pain.... My ovaries surrounded by cysts and overgrowth of uterine tissue, much misery could've been prevented by the regulation of hormones and cycles.

Mom had her reasons, mostly she did not condone the idea of sexual freedom 'the pill' suggested... She also did not condone the use of tampons, she wanted me to be able to 'prove my virginity'. It didn't matter that we were living in the 20th century or that I was very athetically involved in a competitive sport, that made the 'diaper' experience even worse or the fact that all my physical activities posed an equal amount of danger to the hymen... But that was a long time ago [the '80's] and she thinks differently about it now. She understands now, better late than never I suppose... And this is a woman with a medical degree.... She had attended a very strict Pentecostal church as a child/young woman, that contributed to that way of thinking.

It wasn't until I married that I was able to get everything back in sync with the help of 'the pill' it was also discovered that the polycystic ovarian disease and endometreosis helped to contribute to me being infertile. Perhaps if I had been treated earlier I may have been able to have at least one child, but... Only recently did I discover that an auto-immune disorder may also have contributed to infertility by the body attacking sperm and/or fetus, so maybe it didn't matter either way.

Stories like this sadden me because I can relate in a way, though I'm a guy, so not exactly, but I know what religious bondage is as it regards sex. I basicly grew up thinking it was a sin to even mention sex. I was never given any sort of "talk" like other boys seem to get while they are growing up. So I guess at least someone taught you a semi-christian perspective of sex. My parents were afraid to say anything about the subject, as I said. Maybe they had good intentions, but they were afraid to mention it at all in, other than "don't do it and don't talk about it." and you knew not to, or you'd get an ear full or told just not to ask that question. I'm glad they had a sex ed class in public school because that's about the closest thing I learned to the truth, because parents sure weren't going to discuss it. So a number of times it was get out the encyclopedia or a medical dictionary and read it for myself.

This still happens. In one case I know a girl was home schooled in a Christian home. Sex was not talked about . Now she is a unwed teenage mum. On the Christian radio station I'm hearing more that we as Christians need to talk to our children about it before they get the secular view on it.

[Natt]

I work in a secular secondary school where several Christian children are sent.

Birth Control is taught here. Some children are as young as 10 years when they are introduced to it. Sex education has now been put in the Science Curriculum (at this school not necessarily all schools) so parents do not need to be notified and so all children can benefit. This include showing how to put on condoms (explicitly). A cartoon is seen at yr 10 (14-15yr) which shows visually how to have sex including foreplay, positions etc... I don't think the parents have any idea.

Condoms and other contraceptions are given out without question by the school councillor. The school seem to think parents do not know what there children are up to so they must look after them in this area. There no parent consultation here at all. If the child becomes pregnant they are taken by a school councillor to have a termination. I've been told termination, abortion terms are not allowed to be said. The children are told they are going to a nurse who will get their periods back to normal.

[Iryssa]

I work in a secular secondary school where several Christian children are sent.

Birth Control is taught here. Some children are as young as 10 years when they are introduced to it. Sex education has now been put in the Science Curriculum (at this school not necessarily all schools) so parents do not need to be notified and so all children can benefit. This include showing how to put on condoms (explicitly). A cartoon is seen at yr 10 (14-15yr) which shows visually how to have sex including foreplay, positions etc... I don't think the parents have any idea.

Condoms and other contraceptions are given out without question by the school councillor. The school seem to think parents do not know what there children are up to so they must look after them in this area. There no parent consultation here at all. If the child becomes pregnant they are taken by a school councillor to have a termination. I've been told termination, abortion terms are not allowed to be said. The children are told they are going to a nurse who will get their periods back to normal.

Yikes...I don't know how they get away with that. When we did sex-ed it was all very medically-oriented and antiseptic. None of this graphic image and positions junk.

[Natt]

I work in a secular secondary school where several Christian children are sent.

Birth Control is taught here. Some children are as young as 10 years when they are introduced to it. Sex education has now been put in the Science Curriculum (at this school not necessarily all schools) so parents do not need to be notified and so all children can benefit. This include showing how to put on condoms (explicitly). A cartoon is seen at yr 10 (14-15yr) which shows visually how to have sex including foreplay, positions etc... I don't think the parents have any idea.

Condoms and other contraceptions are given out without question by the school councillor. The school seem to think parents do not know what there children are up to so they must look after them in this area. There no parent consultation here at all. If the child becomes pregnant they are taken by a school councillor to have a termination. I've been told termination, abortion terms are not allowed to be said. The children are told they are going to a nurse who will get their periods back to normal.

Yikes...I don't know how they get away with that. When we did sex-ed it was all very medically-oriented and antiseptic. None of this graphic image and positions junk.

I don't think it happens at all schools here. I work as a teacher aide which is how I found out what is being taught and shown. All this is legal in NZ. It is sad.

[peaches]

I don't think it happens at all schools here. I work as a teacher aide which is how I found out what is being taught and shown. All this is legal in NZ. It is sad.

surely it cant be.....

this is so tragic! so what do they say the point of sex ed is? what are they hoping to gain if this is the result of it?

oh my goodness...cant u do anything about it?

[Natt]

I don't think it happens at all schools here. I work as a teacher aide which is how I found out what is being taught and shown. All this is legal in NZ. It is sad.

surely it cant be.....

this is so tragic! so what do they say the point of sex ed is? what are they hoping to gain if this is the result of it?

oh my goodness...cant u do anything about it?

There is a lot of emphasis of putting on a condom. They teach this because of the amount of sexually active children here. Sex outside marriage is never taught as being wrong. If someone doesn't want to have sex it is taught that is ok too. They want these children to keep themselves safe.

[peaches]

i meant about this.....

If the child becomes pregnant they are taken by a school councillor to have a termination. I've been told termination, abortion terms are not allowed to be said. The children are told they are going to a nurse who will get their periods back to normal.

this is WAAAAAY beyond crossing the line. these teachers have no right whatsoever to do this. esp without the parents knowing. this just sounds like some freak cult.

[Natt]

i meant about this.....

If the child becomes pregnant they are taken by a school councillor to have a termination. I've been told termination, abortion terms are not allowed to be said. The children are told they are going to a nurse who will get their periods back to normal.

this is WAAAAAY beyond crossing the line. these teachers have no right whatsoever to do this. esp without the parents knowing. this just sounds like some freak cult.

Read

http://www.theword.org.nz/SITE_Default/SIT...ples_rights.asp

These policies generally go through schools.

It is a government policy

I agree with you that it is not right.

[Ovedya]

Way too many Christians are fallin ginto the "peace at any costs" trap.

[peaches]

i meant about this.....

If the child becomes pregnant they are taken by a school councillor to have a termination. I've been told termination, abortion terms are not allowed to be said. The children are told they are going to a nurse who will get their periods back to normal.

this is WAAAAAY beyond crossing the line. these teachers have no right whatsoever to do this. esp without the parents knowing. this just sounds like some freak cult.

Read

http://www.theword.org.nz/SITE_Default/SIT...ples_rights.asp

These policies generally go through schools.

It is a government policy

I agree with you that it is not right.

my question still stands though, isnt there something YOU can do about this?