Having some time to think over the recent decision by the King Middle School school board regarding the provision of oral contraceptives to middle school children, I have to wonder how wise of a decision this actually is.
Having a 13 year-old son of my own, I am often humored by his seeming lack of forethought when it comes to:
-getting homework assignments done in a timely fashion as well as remembering to bring in the homework assignment to school (how many of us have gotten frantic calls pleading for us to bring in something our kids forgot???)
-recognizing the need to notify my wife and I about school events with more than a 15 minute notice before such an event (such as...“oh, by the way, I have a concert tonight”)
-recalling an early morning commitment for an extracurricular activity (“what time do you need to be at school?”...“now”...)
Now, don’t get me wrong, for the most part, both of my boys do an excellent job with keeping my wife and I informed of their various school activities, but I’m sure we aren’t the only parents who get such frantic notices....am I right?
Outside of the obvious health concerns with providing immature children potent medications, it doesn’t seem like a very wise decision to pass on the responsibility of a daily medication to a population who has difficulty remembering where they put their clothes!?!
Along with this, the school board at King Middle School is advocating a stance which would place an adult responsibility on a child. Yeck, I have a hard time with adult responsibility!
Thoughts?
Having a 13 year-old son of my own, I am often humored by his seeming lack of forethought when it comes to:
-getting homework assignments done in a timely fashion as well as remembering to bring in the homework assignment to school (how many of us have gotten frantic calls pleading for us to bring in something our kids forgot???)
-recognizing the need to notify my wife and I about school events with more than a 15 minute notice before such an event (such as...“oh, by the way, I have a concert tonight”)
-recalling an early morning commitment for an extracurricular activity (“what time do you need to be at school?”...“now”...)
Now, don’t get me wrong, for the most part, both of my boys do an excellent job with keeping my wife and I informed of their various school activities, but I’m sure we aren’t the only parents who get such frantic notices....am I right?
Outside of the obvious health concerns with providing immature children potent medications, it doesn’t seem like a very wise decision to pass on the responsibility of a daily medication to a population who has difficulty remembering where they put their clothes!?!
Along with this, the school board at King Middle School is advocating a stance which would place an adult responsibility on a child. Yeck, I have a hard time with adult responsibility!
Thoughts?
