Planned Parenthood to run sex ed programs...

(CNSNews.com) – The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is signaling its intention to dominate the national sex education agenda.

Specifically, Planned Parenthood's Web site announced the group is preparing to launch a nationwide “social change initiative” to end the “stigma and shame about sex” in American culture.

The project aims to teach parents and caregivers how to educate children about sex -- from birth. And it recommends telling teenagers about masturbation, oral sex and “where to go for help to prepare to be sexually active.”

The “Real Life. Real Talk” initiative began as a pilot program in communities in Maine, New York, Connecticut, and Arizona between 2004 and 2008, according to a report about the initiative that is for sale on the project’s Web site.

Now Planned Parenthood is preparing to launch the program nationwide, with funding from donors and private groups, including The Ford Foundation.

“Real Life. Real Talk" is based on the belief that reducing the shame and stigma attached to sex also reduces a barrier to sexual and reproductive health services, eventually reducing the rates of sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, and unintended pregnancies.

The initiative is geared to parents and caregivers of children aged 8 to 18. In the four pilot states, parents were invited to attend workshops where they received Planned Parenthood’s guide to “Sex Ed for Parents, Real Life. Real Talk." The events were held at different community venues, including schools, churches, social services facilities and libraries.

The "Real Life. Real Talk" guide, offered in English and Spanish, is tailored to specific groups of parents and caregivers, including grandparents raising their grandchildren, “queer parents,” and parents of children in elementary school.”

A "Parent Tips" section of the "Real Life. Real Talk" Web site says children are never too young to learn about sex. It states, in part:

“A child’s sexuality, sexual feelings, and sexual attitudes develop from the moment of Birth -- even before a child can speak. In fact, children start learning about sexuality through observation of family interaction and surroundings. When you don’t talk with your children about sexuality, you may give them the message that there is something wrong with sexuality and that it is not a topic you’re willing to discuss.”

“You can begin teaching your young child the basics of sexuality — anatomy, reproduction, sexual orientation, personal safety, feelings, relationships — as well as your own values,” reads the document. “As children grow and mature, they will be more interested in details about pregnancy and birth, the changes of puberty, etc.”

Another section, entitled "Conversation Starters," tells parents to be “factual" and to "clear up slang” when answering questions. It offers examples of children's questions, including slang for female masturbation and oral sex.

One talk-to-your-child tip includes the following bulleted item: “Take your child to the drugstore and point out the pads, tampons, condoms, etc. Take your teen to a clinic for contraception and exams, or let your teen know where to go for help to prepare to be sexually active.”

The Web site’s “Teen Reality” tab includes videos, including a “Don’t Dance with Death” video written by high school students in McAllen, Texas. It features a “witch” giving young girls a potion and a condom before they go to a high school dance. One of the girls then gives the condom to the boy with whom she is dancing.

The report on "Real Life. Real Talk" says the initiative will be marketed nationwide through TV public service announcements, print ads, radio, posters, bus shelters and other promotional materials such as T-shirts.

According to its annual report for Fiscal Year 2008-2009, Planned Parenthood’s income from government grants and contracts totaled $363.2 million, up for $349.6 million for the previous fiscal year.

(End of story. My comments follow.)

Somebody at PP is taking a long view of things, hoping that in a decade or so this'll be so commonplace that anyone opting out of these workshops will be regarded as a Neanderthal.

As an example of how this can happen, look at the whole idea of daycare. At one time there was a stigma to it, only single mothers of very young children were perceived as the clientele (can you say "welfare queen"). So most folk would avoid using a daycare center, just put off "Mom" going back to work until the kids became latchkey children.

Now, daycare is all the rage. The wife and I discovered that several years ago when we were still watching TV programs. A local cable access show had an infomercial about "quality" daycare and how important it was in the development of youngsters. The "expert" the interviewer spoke to claimed with a straight face that lack of daycare had been proven to lead to social interaction impediments resulting in juvenile delinquency.

Now I know why that 15 yr. old lifted my car some years back. It wasn't that he was a punk from Jump Street, he was lacking adequate daycare. Poor tyke!

Anyway, the mindset revealed in that particular televised blurb was telling. If you don't send your kid to daycare you must be some kind of weird. Got it. It goes along with the idea that both parents need to work for "fulfill their potential". Noted. Hey, just what is that "potential" anyway? A potential for being a self-centered, narcissistic jerkoff that doesn't give a rat's ass about their child? Now that's a potential I really want fulfilled!

Anyway by taking the long view on this topic, PP knows they'll advance even further into respectability and mainstream acceptance. They're already off to a good start. Look at the venues they choose for these workshops, i.e. schools, churches, social service facilities & libraries. That reeks of acceptance and respectability from the getgo. And don't think a lot of churches will be turning their noses up at this. Au contraire mon ami, all too many have enthusiastically gone into the "I'm okay, you're okay" mode of thinking. Anything faintly judgmental is now regarded as the new heresy. Unfortunately the preceding statements describe too many "Catholic" facilities also.

In the meantime you and I will be marginalized and treated as misfits. The next step is having CPS check our families out by crawling up some parental rears with a microscope. Lots of luck passing THAT exam! Here in Texas there has been only one couple that successfully fought CPS after some bogus allegations were lodged against them. It took over three years of plugging away before they even got their kids back. What are things like in your state, how do bureaucratic nitwits fare against us common folk?

IMO the only way to effectively combat this sort of insanity is to continue pushing for defunding Planned Parenthood. It's bad enough our tax dollars support baby killing, things don't need to get any worse. Cut off the money and they lose their effectiveness.