Remember when it was exciting to turn 15 because in most states you can get a driver's permit? Some states even hire you for part-time jobs. Perhaps your parents relaxed some rules or gave you special privileges. It was the beginning of the outward recognition on the exciting road to adulthood.
Hello America 2013. Now your newly minted 15-year-old can legally obtain the "morning after pill" at the local drug store. No prescriptions required. No more hiding them behind the pharmacist's counter. They can now be on display and all a kid has to do is produce an I.D. Since many 15-er's don't drive, guess a school I.D. will do. No parental consent required.
The rights of parents to raise and guide their children continue to be attacked in this country. Imagine what will happen if some child thinks she is pregnant and takes the pill - all without her parents being aware? What are the side effects if there is no pregnancy and the kid is just over-reacting? What are the physical side effects if there is a pregnancy? Does a 15 year-old possess the thought processes necessary to follow the instructions and cautions, much less and read the fine print? What about the long-reaching emotional side effects?
Not only are our children encouraged to explore all sexual body functions at earlier and earlier ages, the media tells them it's all okay, no big deal and that everything can be "taken care of". Isn't that the child-like thinking we parents work years to coach our kids to overcome? We can't really always get our way. Our way may not even be close to "right". And everything isn't always "all better". This is called reality. Why is our culture working so hard against this?
So now conscientious parents face near legal action if they get in the way of the "rights" some entity out there has deemed the path of least resistance for American children. I mean, saying and enforcing a "no" takes far more energy than saying "yes" and looking the other way, doesn't it? Who was sitting around the decision-making table when it was determined that an entire new generation should be able to pop into Target and get these pills? Does that sound like the thinking anyone who cared about the psychological development of a kid would suggest? Or...is it someone who stands to gain financially?
America was founded on values and principles that people risked their lives for. Now we are a beacon of hand-outs and continually lowered standards so that no one is offended. In the process, our historical foundation is not only offended, it is destroyed. When you stand for nothing, you are nothing. What future is that for this country when our kids are so deceived and devalued?
I want parents to have the freedom and courage to train their kids to stand for truth and to value life at any cost. Yes, at any cost. Would you rather keep a job that corrupts your soul just for the money? Sadly - no alarmingly - that is what our country has become...chasers of things and excuses and escapes.
Don't you want to be a fly on the wall watching a pharmacist sell these pills to a kid the age of their own and see if they swallow hard?
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