I’m not expecting the Catholic school to do my job! As a Catholic parent I know I am their first teacher that they have. I believe I brought my children up morally. But I feel that as you get into the upper grades (6,7,8) nothing is mentioned and told to these children about abortion or better yet abstaining from sexual relations until you are married is not stressed enough. As a parent, we continue to stress abstinence with my daughter (she is by no means promiscuis). But that does not mean every Catholic parent is telling their teenager daughter the same thing. My daughter has a good moral foundation that my husband and I have helped built. The rest is up to her and her conscience.
Thank you.
That’s what I was thinking.
Testimony From A Post Abortive Woman on "Catholic Answers"
No apology necessary. Obviously, I misread you.
lolOh, whatever.People get the point of what I’m saying. You are not being a true Catholic and following the teachings of the faith if you are pro-choice. If my sig is going to cause “issues”, I’ll change it.
Excuse me your Excellency, but I am not and nor do I believe it is the Catholic Schools job to raise MY CHILDREN. Please read my several post on this issue. I have never claimed that it is the school’s responsibility to teach real moral values. If I assumed that than I would be a fool (which I am not). I just feel that in the upper grades (6,7,8) there is no mention that abortion is evil and a grave sin. It seems that we are not being real and letting our children know how evil our society can be. We teach them about love and to be good Catholic Christians but once they leave the school they meet the real world. I have taught my daugher to stay away from drugs, smoking and above all, to stay pure. As a parent I felt how could she feel differently about this matter after spending 9yrs in a Catholic school plus living in a family environment that is very much a aware of our Catholic Faith.
I actually did go to numerous websites and showed her what abortion is and that it is a horrific destruction of human life. She was shocked and told me that this was sad. But in her class where this assignment was given many students felt it was a women’s right to choose and my daughter’s pro-life stand was overshadowed by the many young people who disagree with her. My daughter in her future years will need to stand strong against this type of ideology in her future. She is a good kid and brought up in our faith, but I think before they leave grade school they should know just how cruel our society is. It is not all love and peace.
Okey dokey then. I think I might pick something more Lent-specific soon anyway. Maybe not. We’ll see. shruglol
Not at all.
As long as uyou now the distinction during whatever converstaioins it is going to cause.
I think that provocation of a good conversation makes for a good sig, but you need to keep that converstaion on the facts.
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Maureen Fiore said:
What a shame! My heart goes out to you. I told my daughter that she should first above all be careful and strong. But, as a parent you can only keep them safe for so long. If she ever gets into a situation like that I would make it my business to help her and help raise her child. If she chooses not to keep the child, I would help her with the adoption process. But, more than likely I would keep my grandchild.I highlighted the most important issue… your daughter may understand YOUR position, but not able to understand or formulate one of HER own. You’ve started right with her though, in getting the discussion going and explaining it to her so she can make her own decision and stand firm on it.
My mother made this very mistake I highlighted except I really didn’t understand her position either. I assumed that because we were Catholic, we were against abortion. So when I found myself in a position of what my parents thought was an unwanted pregnancy and they offered to pay for an abortion, I was so confused because I thought it was wrong and here I have the two people I’m supposed to trust telling me it’s ok (it’s because it would have made them look bad and they hated the father of the baby). Needless to say, I didn’t make the right choices, I didn’t stand firm on what I wanted (which was to keep the baby) and 10 years later, I’m still trying to find it in my heart to forgive them for forcing me into an abortion. What a shame it is to learn at 19 that you can never trust your own parents ever again.
And it’s the parents responsibility to teach their children about sexual morals (among many other things.) I have a 12 yr old neice that I will end up having to teach about sexual morals as my sister refuses to teach her. I’ve asked and she goes “Oh, the school will do that.” (yes, my neice attends a Catholic school too) It’s bothersome as most Catholic schools don’t have just Catholic kids so they have to give broad brushstrokes that don’t even come close to teaching about sexual morals. It’s insane.
Good luck to you though!!! Your daughter is lucky to have a mother willing to discuss this issue with her!
Ya know she did. That was one of the reasons why she said what she said. She told me it would be embarrassing to come into school with a big belly. I told her that is a life that you are carrying you made a mistake. It maybe hard at first, but I would tell her that if you do not want to raise this child, I would or I would look into adoption. Of course, this is a very hard decision but this is how our faith stays strong. I would support her throughout her pregnancy and any decision she makes. I am her mother and I love her but I would never consider abortion. She could not sign the papers so she would have to have it.
Rape and incest are two options that still don’t make sense to validate abortion. It’s not the baby’s fault, so why should the baby have to die?