Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. I'm going to go ahead and finish off the rest of the book.
Hey guys! Let's fill out a questionaire. I really wish I had the student book right now.
As you can see, my parent's didn't bother filling out (or even using) the book.
"What is his or her greatest sorrow?" I like how poetic they make these questions.
I'm actually sad these questions are more boring than stupid. I feel like I've failed you all ;_;
I thought group dating was just another word for double dating, but they listed that to. So how the fuck does group (as in more than six people) dating work? Aren't you just hanging out with friends at that point?
"Should you drink on a date (beer, wine, other alcohol?) Why or why not?" Well, since they gave this to us in 7th grade, and the legal age for alcohol consumption in B.C. is 19, and this is a book all about dating for teenagers, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say no because it would be illegal, date or no date. I'm actually a bit surprised that this book didn't insinuate that if you drink on a date you
will get raped like a scarlett whore (although I'm sure plenty of parents wrote that in as the answer).
"Honest affection should express the depth of your relationship and not be based only on feelings. What kind of relationship is expressed in each of these forms of affection?" THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN!?
Most of those questions should probably be given to the loveshys. I'd love to see their answers.
"They need to be told that petting and intercourse belong in marriage." God, all I can think of is this blog
http://kristinaskeeps.blogspot.ca/2009/02/obeying-6-rule.html
"Keep all of your clothes all the way on all of the time." I don't care how warm it is in the restuarnt, keep your jacket on or you'll give your date a boner.
"Teens need to know that drinking and drugs are wrong...because your freedom to make good moral decisions is lost." Well that,and because it's illegal and can get people fired or ruin businesses if it's found out that minors were served. Also, one drink isn't going to fog your mind.
"how he can be the leader on the date by keeping things under control" Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha fuck you
Oh my god the difference between the notes for boys and girls is hilarously depressing.
"how she can set the tone of the relationship by the way she acts.
how modesty is important in helping boys respect her.
how her body is as valuable as she wants it to be.
what responsibility she has in setting limits and how a well mannered boy will be grateful."
I love the random quote by a totally for real "16 year old girl". You don't need citations when you have THE LORD.
"Discuss the dangers of dates "alone at someone's house", or "just watching videos". Talk about the temptations privacy affords." I love the scare quotes around "just watching videos". Like the guy's going to invite a girl over to watch the latest John Hughes movie and then spring some surprise hard core porn on her.
"Encourage double dating and discourage steady dating." ... Why the holy fuck would you discourage dating the same person? Does she not know what steady means?
"Guide teens to set limits on affection" That has to be one of the most unhealthy sentences in this book.
"Highly emotional relationships drain energy and should be used in school, church and family activities." Yeah, you need to save your energy for standing outside clinics and screaming death threats at women.
"It is important to meet the parents of your children's friends and discuss your values and expectations with them." Now, if this said "it's important to me the parent's of the people your child is dating" this would make sense, but why the hell would you have to meet every parent of your child's friends just to talk about your values and expectations? That's not realistic and is more than likely going to socially harm your child. Not every parent will share your morals. What do you do then besides break off your child's friendships?
"Some tell-tale signs of sexually active youth are such things as:
spending more time ALONE with one person. Why is alone CAPSLOCKED?
showing less interest in other friends. Yeah, or maybe because teenagers are fickle and will drop friends for the stupidest reasons. But it's much safer to assume your teenager is having sex.
"Passion is the worst preparation for marriage". Cold indifference is the best way to go.
"A parent who gives a teen birth control information and materials has destoryed both reasons [fear of getting pregnant and not wanting to disappoint parents]. By encouraging sexual activity, they are in effect saying, Do it, but don't get caught." No they aren't. Maybe if you surveyed parents who teach safe sex to teenagers instead of surveying some unknown number of virigins you'd know. They're educating their children to make their own decisions. Education won't kill them. A lack of education will.
"If teens were told there would be no security systems or personnel in the shopping center next weekend, might there be an increase in shoplifting?" Okay, 1: These two things are nowhere near the same. One is educating, the other is not. 2: This assumes that people only follow the law because they don't want to be punished, not because they want to be good people. 3: WOW way to stereotype there. Change the word teen to any ethnic minority and try not to sound like a piece of shit.
"Giving teens birth control materials so they can continue to fornicate is like putting a band-aid on cancer." Cancer is only appropriate within marriage.
"Pregnancy is not a disease." If you don't want kids, then yes it is.
"Besides, the only 100% effective birth control is abstinence." Unless you get raped.
"Since contraceptive education was extended to teenagers, there has been an increase in promiscuity, venereal disease and a tremendous increase in teen pregnancies."
I do not believe for a second that any of these suggestions came from real teenagers, pregnant or not.
"Although having an unwed, pregnant daughter is always a disappointment..." WOW. And if you're wondering if the book mentions sons who get girls knocked up being a disappointment, SURPRISE! they don't say that.
Blah blah blah we're about to get into the "every sperm is sacred" bullshit now.
Complete with drawings of things that aren't people.
"If we as grandparents help raise the child, will this add confusion to the child's life?" Holy fuck, the amount of shaming pregnant teens and out of wedlock children is insane.
"The baby can enjoy the love, care and protection possible in a two parent home." Unless the baby given up for adoption is a minority or disabled. Anti-choicers seem to love ignoring that reality. Also, make sure it's a two parent couple adopting. Single parents adopting will probably end up killing the child or raising them to be athiests or something equally horrifying.
The pain and sacrifice of giving the child to a loving couple may be worth the better opportunity the child will have for a happier life." I had this big long thing written out, but since a certain Kiwi member has made it hard to have a serious discussion about the pros and cons about adoption, I'll keep it quick. Women who give their babies up for adoption are more likely to suffer from depression and there barely any resources to help them cope because society expects them to be happy and go on with life. A couple girls I went to highschool with ended up giving their kids up for adoption shortly after graduating (because SURPRISE abstinance education didn't work for them). My best friend told me that one of them ended up morbidly depressed to the point that she would get triggered by even Pampers commericals. And I don't mean triggered in the SJW "I'm getting prickly wicklies" sense, I mean in the full blown meltdown, sobbing hysterically sense. And that's not even getting into the issues with white people adopting non white children.
Oh look, another goddamn half page.
And now some book recommendations, or, more bullshit based on nothing.
LOL at those last acknowledgments
And the back cover.
