Massachusetts Elementary School to Distribute Condoms to Students

I was just wondering if the sizes were going to be age appropriate ... just a thought ... can you imagine a 5 year old boy getting a XL, ribbed for her pleasure, purple condom, and are the girls getting the female version of condoms?
Maybe I think too much.

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Call me an insane conservative...call me whatever you'd like...BUT this is CRAZY! As a Mom it infuriates me! As an educator, it breaks my heart!!! What are you people thinking-these are elementary age kids!!! If they are curious or have questions, which why would they at this age...maybe they should start with parents or guardians-who should be in control of their children! This is absolutely ridiculious!!!!

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I'm sorry, but this is absurd. These are children. I don't care if you think they might be mature enough to handle the consequences of sex--they're not. Distributing them to everyone is tantamount to telling them to go out and try it. There is so much more to focus on than entering the world of sex. This is not Brave New World.

I'm not saying that sexuality should be repressed. In fact, I think that both the majority conservative and liberal opinions are harmful. Both of the ways that sex is presented is harmful. We see rampant casual sex in the media while showing few of the consequences, and certain sexual images are projected on people of all age groups that are often difficult or impossible to attain.

But at the same time, many groups want to shut down all talk about sex, and so make it a forbidden topic that entices. Girls are sometimes taught that their virginity is such an important thing--maybe the most important thing about them. Once you've lost it, you can't get it back, and you've depreciated in value. I believe this is a perpetuated myth that has stubbornly stuck around in our culture, and it is extremely damaging. Having such nonsense knocked around along with the hypersexualized imagery in our media sends a conflicted message to our youth. Until they reach a level of maturity and understanding (which very few attain even in high school, much less before), many feel compelled to either choose one extreme or the other. Prude or slut.

Both have their merits, and I know happy people in both categories. But at their root, they still have the potential for great harm. We need to stop with the extremes and help this upcoming generation realize their sexuality slowly instead of saying an abrupt "they'll do it anyway" or "I'm grounding you until you're 30." This is not something to be flippant or dogmatic about, and I hate seeing the polarization.

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In Alabama the schools can't even afford school supplies with out sending a list home with the child and the parents have to pay for this.How are they going to justify buying condoms when they can't
even buy paper towles or toilet paper.I feel the same way as RM my child would not be in this school its stupied.It should be up to the parents to teach there child about sex not the school system
I may be an old fart but i still have alittle common sence.

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this is the sign of our present day america sinking into the garbage of todays world,, k-5 thats nuts, what is happening to this world, i do not recognize the world, anyone who doesnt think the 50s was the best era in history is nuts, next to none teen pregnacy, crime nothing compared to today, people obeyed the law, kids respected their elders,people worked for what they wanted didnt always have their hands out for freebies,gees the world is going is in the toilet and sadly most people think that this is progress

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come on.... if kids are doing it in kindergarten-5th grade, which i disagree with, why give 'em a rubber????? its not like any 3rd grader can get a girl pregnant....

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SCHOOLS NEED TO WORRY ABOUT TEACHING THE ABC'S AND MATH. STAY OUT OF ARE PRIVATE LIFE. tHEY WORRY ABOUT KIDS GOING TO DOCTORS OR NOT. DENTIST OR NOT. WORRY ABOUT WHAT YOUR PAID TO DO. "TEACH"

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Lets see, your 1st graders class is going on a field trip to the zoo. You the parent must sign a permission slip so your child can go see the animals. But you dont have to sign a permission slip for your child to get condoms?

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If parents had a more active role in their children's life, taught them right from wrong this wouldn't even be an issue. The fact that there are so many teen pregnancies as young as 12 should tell you that the problem isn't the school and issuing condoms but the parents not taking control. I noticed that all the people opposed to the schools handing out condoms are saying it's too young so it's probably the same parents who think their little Johnny or little Susie isn't out there having sex. I would much rather the schools not be in a position to have to take on contraceptive and be handing condoms out. But at least someone is doing something since the parents seem to be too busy.

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COMPLETE INSANITY Demand the resignation of all these so called educators, they are nuts!! This has to be a mistake, it cant be true,,, say it isnt so!!!! People you need to stand up and put a stop to this kind of insanity!!

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Geez....do they even make them that small??? Yet another reason to homeschool your children. :o)

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I think it's FABULOUS. I really do. The average age to lose virginity in the county I live in is 13. Average age...it's scary...but these kids are not using protection. In part that they do not even know what it is. Aside from pregnancy, STD's is a HUGE problem by middle school. How do I know? I work as a counselor with these kids. As a counselor in a county that promotes abstinence only, it is sad, and disheartening to hear what these kids are doing, and to know I AM NOT ALLOWED to even tell them how to protect themselves. Therefore, I watch, hands tied as they spread things to each other. I know they are putting their futures at risk, so the choice I have to make everyday is do I risk my job, or do I keep my mouth shut, and know they are making choices that will ultimately be a detriment to not only them, but the community as a whole.
Do I think it's a little eccentric to think K-3 through will be using them, yes. However, state testing holding kids back, many kids have been held back twice already by 5th grade, making them 11-13 in the 5th grade.So, maybe it's a little radical, but I would rather see kids using them as water balloons and know where they can get protection, than to have a 10 year old walk in my office concerned that they may be pregnant or worse, have a life threatening disease that they just gave to 10 of their "friends" because by the way, this generation often does not see oral sex, as sex.
Oh, and yes, I do screen these kids to see if someone is hurting them, and I do try to get the parents involved, if there are parents to get involved. Often times that is the problem, parents just are not involved. So while ideally, I would like to say this idea is absurb, and parents should be teaching their kids. I am a realist, and know it's just not happening folks. Everyday, I deal with kids who are making choices that affect them the rest of their lives... before they even have an idea of what that means. I give this school district kudos for trying; and hey, if they blow up and use them as water balloons on field day, great, at least then they know where to find them when the time does come.

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WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO TEACHING - AS IN - EDUCATION? READING, WRITING AND ARITHMATIC? When are we as a nation and society going to stop allowing other people to make decisions for us and our children? One of the posts here talks about a 10 year old having a child (as if it were ok - since it is happening) but what about the fact that, that child and her child were removed from the home? It's ok for the school to teach this crap to our kids without our permission - but its the parents fault if it happens? There is something seriously wrong with the logic behind that!

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I'm from Massachusetts. This comes as no surprise to me. The state government promotes sex at any age. Although we're broke, they still allocate millions to promote homosexual sex in Elementary and Junior High School. I'm often ashamed to say I live in this state. Perverts abound in our state government (starting with our governor and his pro-sex funded programs) and our school systems. When will parents wake up and take back their God-given rights (and RESPONSIBILITY) to raise their children. It does not take a village. What it takes is a decent parent.

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Although I agree with some of the comments, I am pretty shocked by the unrealistic attitudes of most of the posters. I am an educator (elementary school) and a parent, and I can tell you that if you think 4th and 5th graders don't know something about sex, you are living under a rock. Unless your child watches no tv, plays no video games, does not look at magazines, does not watch movies and definitely does not listen to any music, then you can be reasonably sure that they know much more than you think they do. Any missing information-they are getting from friends (therefore pretty incorrect information). I wish that all teachers had to teach was reading, writing and arithmetic, but the fact remains that we now have curriculums built around character education, nutrition and (in some cases) sex education because parents are not doing it. Parents want to believe that until kids are teenagers they do not think about this stuff. They do! And they act on it! (Ever hear about "rainbow parties"?) I agree that it is very young and I can understand the concern that if it is available it will be used, but for those of you who are teaching your children abstinence, that is great, and the moral foundation that you have spent years building will override that availability of a condom, (that they can easily get from other sources if they really wanted it). The younger children will not even ask, the children who are not interested, ready or knowledgeable will not ask, but one can only hope that the children who are about to put themselves in a compromising position will go to a counselor to talk about it first. And as others have pointed out, that can open a dialogue about there knowledge and experience. Is it ideal? No.

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Sick pieces of trash advocating such a thing, fire ALL of them immediately!

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For those saying things like "kids are gonna have sex anyway" you do realize the issue is over giving condoms to ELEMENTARY school children. This isn't about teenagers. The problem is they are making condoms available to 8, 9, 10 year old kids. That isn't even sane. You want to make a case for Jr. High or High School I'm with you, but that's not what this is about. This is like approaching NAMBLA nuts.

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At those ages, I would have made some great water baloons, or balon animals?? Another attempt to dummy down and take away a childs, childhood and make them super young adults!! We're not in Kansas anymore Toto!!?? What a shame on them!! Whats next?? Free recreatonal party drugs???!!!

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Mary Jane! Your home from school early!? What did you learn today at school?! I got to come home early, because I learned how to give my teacher a B.J. !? My teacher calls it safe sex? It was fun, and he liked so much on how well I made him smile, that I was let out of school earlt?? I get to show the schools V.P. my new found ability tomorrow?? I sure hope I get an "A" in Sex ED??!
I can't wait to see what I will learn in Second Grade next year?!? Maybe I'll learn how to drink alcohol in moderation, while riding my bike to the playground at the park???

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If a child this age ask for a condom something is def wrong. Someone needs to do a check up because at this age you aren't talking about like a 15 year old having sex with a 20 year old, you are talking about children like 11 and younger who should be having NO sex with anyone. There is def a crime behind it if they need one.

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