...about skyrocketing STD infection rates, asks Gabrielle. Darned good question. Where to start?
Well, start by taking part in leading young people (and others of course) to Christ, and help to disciple them in the church. Encourage their parents in the marriages God has given them, and help to provide a safe place for them to be when their parents need to be elsewhere.
More? Well, what about helping those who wish to homeschool, or to take in foster children? Can you think of a more vulnerable group to this kind of thing? I can't.
Done all that? Wonderful--I envy your achievement! What about taking a look at your local schools? Read the paper; do they need chaperones at school events? Maybe an "untrained" ear like yours might be able to figure out that somebody seriously needs to edit the playlist at the sock hop, or that the "dance" team is going to be qualified for something a bit less dignified than the Bolshoi, or that local football fans need a bit of training in etiquette?
Little things like this can turn down the temperature. Give it a try.
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i think we should instigate sex ed in the schools at the earliest levels.
obviously, starting in 3rd grade isnt doing the job. we need to start in kindergarten.
and hand out more condoms. maybe even a buy-back program for used ones. that way we can be sure to encourage their usage.
Gino, that's a great idea! Ugh.
I think it starts with your own family and if you can get that right you start increasing your sphere of influence as BB suggests. I think the point, though, is that we always think in terms of what we can do ourselves, not in terms of top-down "solutions".
Bert, did you really mean to say that you want to start the condom buy-back plan in your family? Or were you speaking more generally in that we all should?!?!
(Mark -- just trying to encourage clear communications on the 'Net ;^)
And Bubba, not that you aren't already thinking of this, but don't forget prayer. I just started meeting with another woman my age for regular prayer, and we really believe in this. Everything starts there. The battle is the Lord's Heaven help us! This is too huge for us! But then of course, we can't stop there. We need to back up our faith with action. And you've suggested some good ones.
Oh, leave it to a Brady Campaign fellow (and vegan) like yourself to miss the point, Mark. :^)
Suffice it to say that I'm confident that if and when someone hands "tires" to either my or Gino's kids, there will be a discussion, and it will not be a friendly one.
Per Gabrielle's comment, I'm praying that that day won't come too soon.
ben is right. it starts with us.
let us organize a bake sale and car wash to raise the funds for the buyback program.
maybe we can even invent some 'power rangers' and 'little kitty' condoms, to spur interest early on. ya know, to help them get over the ickiness of it all.
OK, jokes aside:
if we outlaw abortion, unprotected sex will decrease on its own. duh!
take away the easy out, and fewer will need it.
Kids listen. My mother talked to me about sex a lot when I was growing up. I made it to my wedding day at 28. There was a lot of temptation a long the way and a lot of things I would have done differently, but I listened. I am happy for it :-)
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