True story... Not thats its so far fetched but to me its just mindboggling. 7th grade, I hear the table behind me laughing it up and finally I turn around and ask a friend whats going on. He tells me, "go ask that girl where babies come from". Now... I know of the girl, she wasn't with the in crowd, but annnnnyway... I ask her, "where do babies come from?" She shrugs her shoulders and sighs as if she was asked this question all day, she answers, "my mommy says babies come from the end of the rainbow". And while everyone bursts out laughing, I'm sitting there in shock waiting for her to say she's joking... She wasnt... Her mommy also doesn't let her watch any movies that aren't from disney, and im sure you can imagine this girl has strict parents. I could never tell anyone how to parent, but its not like this girl is 5 years old, how can you hide a child from the violence, sex, betrayal, hate and overall evil of the world when she is GURANTEED to face it not just once but over and over? Its not like evil lives in one tiny spot int he world, evil is universal! Is it just me, or is this borderline child abuse?
oooo, how could I forget? I wrote in haste... When you tried to tell her what the truth was, like when i tried, she would cup her ears and lalalalala out loud. That is the most disturbing part to me...
Wow. I wasn't that bad. Poor dear. I reached a point where I just said 'NO'. Thus began my current "rebellion". Lol. I hope she's learned more about the world since then.
Not child abuse. Just....I guess overprotective parents. Trying to keep their little angel as pure as possible....as long as possible. The kids in your class were cruel for having teased her about it.
I can't see how not explaining human reproduction to your child (especially your soon-to-be teenage girl) is protecting her in any way. Sex is not evil, nor is it impure, and keeping that child ignorant about how her body works was a huge disservice to her. I was informed of how my mother became pregnant with my sister when I was 5, when I asked, in a very matter-of-fact way. This knowledge, as well as later, age appropriate (around age 12) knowledge about STD's & protection, allowed me to keep myself safe when faced with pressure to have sex in my teenage years. I wouldn't call it child abuse - but I've worked with enough kids that age to say it's definitely endangering the child. I hope another caring adult enlightened her so she would have the information needed to keep herself safe. Giving your kids factual, age-appropriate information about sex is a clear example of knowledge=power.
^well frankly its more than likely her family were religious extremists, and did not condone sex before marriage (so therefor the information was irrelevant) and decided it was better for there daughter to not know about the real world and keep her as close to home as possible. they probably thought any thing more than a "g" rated movie was filth and some form of fornication. its a shame, as i go to a catholic school (where they taught the students in my 9th grade health class that using a condom was not only extremely ineffective but that it "put a boundary between u and god") i see it all the time. theres nothing wrong with good values but at a certain point a line must be drawn.
