[Gabz]

The term "child abuse" gets bandied about far too much as to make it's use nearly meaningless.

[Coldwater Creek]

Sending your child to a government school in Memphis, Tenn. gives new meaning to "child abuse".

[Smartaleck]

"The term "child abuse" gets bandied about far too much as to make it's use nearly meaningless."

When everything is abuse, nothing is abuse. I agree. There's quite few words that have lost their true meaning due to "abuse" of their usage.

I live in the Plano area and the examples cited are an over simplification of what happened. When the issue came to light the dipwad that thought they were avoiding a controversy (atheist parents threatening to sue, whatever) quickly backed down.

Perhaps if people would quit the righteous indignation about everything a school tries to accomplish and stop the lawsuits costs wouldn't continue to go up.

Christians protest every other book used (let's tie everyone up with the evolution-creation debate), blacks think Tom Sawyer is racist, atheists demand Bibles be removed. If the public schools were to address moral/ethics issues some would be suing and outraged because that's a parents job. yadda yadda yadda

[Aquinasfan]

The term "child abuse" gets bandied about far too much as to make it's use nearly meaningless.

Matthew 10:28

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Education that purports to prepare children for life, yet neglects the very purpose of life (knowing, loving and serving God) and jeopardizes a child's salvation, is far worse than any kind of physical abuse.