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more book challenge ranting- snark ahead.
May. 1st, 2007 08:18 pmThis parent wants drug education books removed from the school library, because she caught her kid with drugs, and also because sometimes the books have pictures in them and kids might get IDEAS.
How 'bout that one mom who said her 5th grade son still believes in Santa Claus and doesn't have a clue about drugs? How do you think that kid's day was at school after that was printed? Also, it's totally awesome when your kids are 100% clueless about drugs. That makes them COMPLETELY SAFE.
The D.A.R.E program (which she feels is acceptable) features visual examples of drugs. (I remember comparing a case of drugs with a case of candy in D.A.R.E., even, so that we would know that the two can look alike - hence the "don't take candy from strangers" thing.) Is it not possible that the kid is going to learn that household products can get you high this way too?
Bottom line: your kid reads a book (or fails to, and just looks at the pictures), and then decides to do drugs. Is that the book's fault? Is it my fault, as the librarian? Or is there maybe something else going wrong in that scenario? Perhaps your child isn't in the healthiest place ever if he's doing stuff like that. Maybe you need to take some responsibility and start exploring the issue as a parent. But you know what's not going to help? Witholding the information from not only your child, but the whole school. It's nice to think that being reactionary and irrational is going to solve things, isn't it? Sorry, it's just not that easy.
How 'bout that one mom who said her 5th grade son still believes in Santa Claus and doesn't have a clue about drugs? How do you think that kid's day was at school after that was printed? Also, it's totally awesome when your kids are 100% clueless about drugs. That makes them COMPLETELY SAFE.
The D.A.R.E program (which she feels is acceptable) features visual examples of drugs. (I remember comparing a case of drugs with a case of candy in D.A.R.E., even, so that we would know that the two can look alike - hence the "don't take candy from strangers" thing.) Is it not possible that the kid is going to learn that household products can get you high this way too?
Bottom line: your kid reads a book (or fails to, and just looks at the pictures), and then decides to do drugs. Is that the book's fault? Is it my fault, as the librarian? Or is there maybe something else going wrong in that scenario? Perhaps your child isn't in the healthiest place ever if he's doing stuff like that. Maybe you need to take some responsibility and start exploring the issue as a parent. But you know what's not going to help? Witholding the information from not only your child, but the whole school. It's nice to think that being reactionary and irrational is going to solve things, isn't it? Sorry, it's just not that easy.
