As two fairly average parents today, we have had to confront the following in the past few years: 1) a homosexual rapist as the previous pastor of our son's Catholic school church, 2) a refusal of our Board of Education to prohibit the introduction of homosexual sex into the curriculum (You know, anal sex and all that.), as well as widespread drug sales in our suburban schools, 3) absolute trash and filth during all hours on our TV, 4) out-of-the-universe extreme pornography being sent to our computers in E-mails, 5) pornography being downloaded (and left around) at our town library, 6) attacks on our Cub Scout pack and Boy Scout troop for not having homosexual scoutmasters, 7) alcohol parties being HOSTED by parents in our neighborhood for the benefit of their kids, 8) oral sex becoming commonplace in our MIDDLE SCHOOL, 9) the Catholic Church homosexual molestation issue in general, 10) a friend whose little girl was molested by a school teacher, 11) a boy who was brutally sodomized and murdered at the carnival in the next town. We feel besieged. We just want our kids to grow up with their innocence intact beyond the age of 7, to be comfortable with our religious convictions (we don't force them on anyone else), and for them to be safe. We are losing on all three counts, despite our sincere effots.
You win by speaking out! All is not lost. Let people know how you feel.
Have you thought about homeschooling? A friend of our is pulling her 13-year-old out of school. The girl wants to get out.
I wish I could have escaped. That's part of the reason why we're homeschooling our two daughters (4 &7) and loving it.