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"Now, Baby, virtually anything goes and I’m not sure I should even use “virtually” there. So, here we have pretty, pregnant Bristol Palin, born and raised in a God-fearing, conservative, Christian family which adheres to and preaches Christian values, with parents who oppose sex education in her schools, who surely inculcated in Bristol the importance of chastity and sexual abstinence. However, unfortunately, parental influence and teachings have defined limits and only a cloistered child who is locked in her room 24/7 will be free of contradictory influences."
What an incredibly insulting comment. In point of fact, I am the father of 2 girls and 1 boy. None of them are pregnant. In fact, we are atheist socialists in our house. However, it is not our religion or anything else which plays a part in the fact that my children are not pregnant.
We had our kids go through a really explicit sex ed class. Condoms on bananas, etc. That isn't it either, though.
I'm just not as Important as Saint Sarah the Christian Martyr. Instead of spending my time RUNNING THE WORLD AS A BIG MOOSE-SHOOTING CHEESE, I worked with my kids.
Good parenting has its reward. Bad parenting has other outcomes.
