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A New Mandate on Sex Education - 2 views

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    This article talks about how New York City's public middle schools and high schools are now required to take sex ed classes. This article talks about this new mandate and its implications and the effects that it might have. The article also provides reasons on why it was decided that sex ed should be a required class and its benefits. 
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    Very interesting! I can honestly see valid points on both sides of the argument. As a parent, I feel it my responsibility to educate my children about sex. However, there are many parents who do not take the time to educate their children. This is a tough situation...not as cut and dry as other topics on this board.
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    I don't think this is a bad idea. I took sex education in middle school and am almost 30 now. I never did understand why it was phased out. Sex is real and can be dangerous and young adults should know all that comes with participating in something so mature.
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    Sex ed should be a choice for kids to take in accordance to their parents, for myself when I was younger we had to have a signed paper from our parents giving us permission to take part in the sex ed class and for those parents who said no and wanted to teach there kid themselves went to another room. I see both sides to this article and its a very well informative piece.
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    I think a semester of sex ed would be great. When I was in school it was just a 55 minute lecture with a couple of videos. I understand why some people may be upset with this, however, those people must understand that not every child has an involved parent who are capable or willing to educate their children. I think safe sex is integral for our children to learn. I believe it could help lower the stats of sexually transmitted disease and teen pregnancies.
katiecakes6

The Dangers of Religious Instruction in Public Schools - 0 views

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    This article explains religion in school, and whether or not children should be taught religion by teachers. Everyone has a different view on religion, and having a teacher teach 30 students a religion could cause harm.
Cheryl Akers

School Choice and the "No Child Left Behind" Act - 0 views

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    What the "No Child Left Behind" act means for students and their choice in schools.
son2053729

DrugFacts: High School and Youth Trends | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - 0 views

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    This article helps us understand how wrong our perception of teens can be. These facts of a decline in teen's use over the past 2 decades, is a promising reaffirmation of the education provided to them about the dangers of cigarettes, alcohol and illicit drugs.
Aleana Jones

More parents nixing school shots for kids - 3 views

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    Should kids be required to get vaccinations? This website talks about how there are now fewer kids getting vaccines because of a number of reasons. some of the reasons are that the parents are simply opting out because of fears or paranoia or just laziness. The article says that the reasons that parents use for kids to skip shots vary, some are related to religion. 
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    The amount of parents refusing vaccination for their children is increasing. Even delaying vaccination for you child is putting them in danger. Parent's are referring to discredited theories as to why they chose to not vaccinate their child.
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    Its funny because I was just involved in a conversation the other day about the hpv shot for kids. This parent was asking a group of other parents what they thought about the shot so she could decide whether to get her daughter the shot or not. I think that parents are sadly misinformed about these shots and immunizations. Several parents told her vehemently to not get the shot because their kids had a reaction. I did get the shot for all of my kids and they had no side effects. I think parents forget that there are symptoms because these kids are getting a dose of a live virus in most cases so their immune system learn how to fight it in bigger doses.
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    Hi all, I am a parent of three. All of my kids are current on all vaccines recommended by their PCP. I am a true believer. That being said I do think something could be changed for the vaccine requirements. I have spoken to many people about this in my area. I'm actually scared for the un-vaccinated kids so it always sparks curious conversations for me. The common denominator I found with everyone I have spoken to about not vaccinating their kids is, they don't want to vaccinate all at once, they want to spread it out. I feel it's a greater risk to wait or not get a child vaccinated period, but I'm wondering for those who are just not educated on the facts of vaccines or those who are afraid of all of them at once maybe they can have a different vaccine protocol. While it won't be what the CDC recommends initially, I feel that it would still be better than not vaccinating period.
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    I agree with my colleagues above, the ignorance about vaccines is becoming widespread. We are in an age of refined medical practices and innovation based on factual evidence and research. Parents in doubt should consider two words. (Herd Immunity) for those unfamiliar with its meaning I'll leave you with its definition - the resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficiently high proportion of individuals are immune to the disease, especially through vaccination. "the level of vaccination needed to achieve herd immunity varies by disease but ranges from 83 to 94 percent" We all have a stake in this.
gab2134589

The Decline of Play and Rise in Children's Mental Disorders - 0 views

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    Mental health is at a total decline, many high school and college students meet the standard for depression and an anxiety disorder. Studies were done and they showed a dramatic increase in mental illness over the last five decades. The increase in mental illness surprisingly had nothing to do with realistic dangers such as war. Anxiety and depression often correlate with a sense or lack of control
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