Scared Parents

This news about 145 Public Health and Advocacy Organizations Seek Removal of 4Parents.Gov, a New HHS Web Site is a bit funny.

"Today, 145 organizations sent a letter the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Michael Leavitt, to express concern with the Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) recently launched Web site http:// www.4parents.gov. They asked that the Web site be immediately taken down and that a formal review be launched of its content and techniques for communication and behavioral learning. These 145 organizations uniformly feel that the Web site presents biased and inaccurate information as fact and does not address the needs of many youth, including sexually active youth, youth who have been or are being sexually abused, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. "

At a time when there is so much threat to young people, i would think that any effort that scares them away from trouble is worthwhile. I do not believe in silencing others, what the parents should do is set up a website that counters the arguements raised by th 4parents.gov. I think that's how civilisation works.

"All of us agree that parents should be the primary sexuality educators of their children. Therefore it is critical that parents have the information, resources, and skills to tackle this complex issue," said Monica Rodriguez, vice president for education and training of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS). "Unfortunately, 4parents.gov is not about educating parents, it is about scaring them. This Web site relies on fear to motivate and contains misinformation and biases that undermine its intent of encouraging parent-child communication around sex and sexuality," Rodriguez continued.

Ah, the parents are scared! Remember it is only a website that one visits at will. Young people are not as damn as parents think. Parents will or can learn a lot from young people about sex.