Elizabeth Kennedy wrote:
>
> I think individual parent's wishes should be respected by our schools.
> Especially, any wishes concerning any family's religous beliefs or
> modesty concerns.
>
> I am a Christian Mom of a 9 year old daugher. Last week she started
> the fourth grade in which the elementary school begins requiring
> showers. This is much too young! Children this young are very
> impressionable and are not old enough to have fully developed a proper
> sense of Christian modesty. I do not want my child to be taught that
> public ****ity and group showers are OK just because some liberal
> school administrator thinks this is a great idea.
>
> All the girl's shower together completely ****, as this is what the
> school encourages and coerces them to do. The girl's school showers
> are just one open communal room which my family believes is associated
> with the type of bad morals we teach and pray that our children avoid.
>
> I complained to the PE teacher, but she was very condescending. She
> agreed my daughter could wear a bathing suit, but still has to shower
> with all the other students who are ****. The peer pressue of the
> other students and the teacher is too much for a young 9 year old
> child and my daughter has already asked me if she can just shower
> unclothed like the other kids so she can fit in. The school also
> refuses to let my daughter shower in a private room elsewhere in the
> school.
>
> Conservative Christian parents (and other religions, like Muslims) are
> going to start fighting back. Amazon.com lists a book about Concerned
> Parent's fight against Jr. High PE teacher (
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1410735990/qid=1094673967/sr=8-
> ) with one parent's courageous example.
>
> People who encourage or sup****t these forced shower policies are
> helping to violate the privacy of are precious innocent children.
> Check out the following poll for an example:
>
> http://www.misterpoll.com/1335548515.html
>
> The voters of this poll should have more respect for individual and
> religious rights as guaranteed in our country's constitution!
Dear Elizabeth,
I feel the same as you. I believe this "open shower" policy
encourages gay (homo***ual) behavior among children of
the same ***.
Sally
