Supporting parents, the primary educators and protectors of their children
I've had three children go through "catholic" education. One of the great conversations amongst Catholics of my age is about the terrible job done by Catholic educators with respect to sex ed. We were taught all about contraception in Biology classes, but nothing about relational context, let alone anything about what the Church teaches on this. I often thought this might be because of a lack of commitment to this teaching from those responsible. An over-reliance on conscience was prevalent at the time and this no doubt contributed to the lack of diligence in this regard. Most of all I blame those who have oversight in the diocese for ensuring Catholic education was Catholic. Interestingly, the same man is in charge now, and, as a father who has had three sons go through the Catholic system, I'm sad to say, nothing has changed. The provision for sex ed for our kids is truly attrocious- harmful I would say. It's not all doom and gloom however. This excellent ar...