At least three generations with unique concerns

WOW! I just listened to part 2 of a FOF program on the dangers of "hooking up." There are so many things we'd like to spare the newer generation- -our kids and their friends. I'd like to tell them TO TRY TO LEARN sooner how to learn by other means than experience...


Our society has a problem with things sexual. It's been forbidden and the object of our rebellion; it's been avoided and the reason for our hang-ups; it's been reinvented - -redefining it's purpose and methodology, and it's been covered by free condoms and abortion which in theory erase any remaining consequences.

For years we have been telling young people a lie. Our media and our schools have stated that protected sex is safe sex. Safe sex protects us from unwanted pregnancy and disease. Sexual behavior outside a committed relationship is casual sex there are consequences besides pregnancy and disease. Consequences remain even after an abortion.

This FOTF broadcast features Dr. Freda McKissic Bush and a discussion of what the current thinking is doing to our young people. Dr. Bush co-authored a book, Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children. The broadcast is entitled, "The Dangers of Hooking Up." For a limited time, you may click on a direct link from my Blog. After a week or so, you'll need to go to the FOTF archives to hear it. It's well worth the effort!

When the young man tells about the birth of his daughter, watching her fight for her life and then learning that she will be fighting the REST OF HER LIFE to avoid herpes flair up ... all because he contracted Herpes through casual sex prior to marriage and believed the myth that Herpes is harmless absent a flair up. This will break your heart but needs to be stated.

I am so sick hearing people profess to be supporters of young people and yet they lead them into streets marked with destruction. The issues in our country ARE quite complicated. We are a pluralistic nation seeking to give rights to all points of view. The only thing our country opposes right now is any position that would limit options... limiting freedoms is opposed with a vehemently.

My freedoms used to end where yours began. That settled everything. Now the country is seeking to impose a hierarchy of whose freedoms matter the most. even the phrases used by our politicians imply that the country, the constitution, the government, protects only SOME of it's people. Something isn't right here. Sure we protect the defenseless, but we also protect those who prosper and we seek to protect victims from other victims... We seem to be leaning toward taking advantage of victims.

So here we sit. If you're wondering what will happen to your aging relatives or you're wondering how to prepare your young children and grandchildren for the inevitable choices before them... if you are overwhelmed by the day to day frustrations only to be bombarded by political talking which sounds like it will have grave consequences... you are not alone. I pray that you can say with me: "I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds the future."
Welcome to the sandwich generation!