Would you condone/support your 15 year old protesting in school?

[98cwitr]

Putting the gun control topic aside, and just focusing on the idea of protesting via walk-outs, how would you address such a thing with your teenager?

 

[Hammster]

No, because we homeschool.

But no, I wouldn’t even in government schools.

 

[Hammster]

The only exception would be if they could give me a compelling reason for the protest and what they hoped to accomplish.

 

[tampasteve]

The only exception would be if they could give me a compelling reason for the protest and what they hoped to accomplish.

^^^
This, 100%. If you are going to protest something, you need to describe to me what you hope to accomplish and the alternative solution you are protesting for.

 

[A_Thinker]

Putting the gun control topic aside, and just focusing on the idea of protesting via walk-outs, how would you address such a thing with your teenager?

Against shootings in schools ... for 17 minutes, ... yes, I would ...

 

[A_Thinker]

^^^
This, 100%. If you are going to protest something, you need to describe to me what you hope to accomplish and the alternative solution you are protesting for.

That seems like a lot to ask of high-schoolers.

Do you have a problem with them giving voice to the fact that they are alarmed at what is being allowed to go on ???

 

[RaymondG]

I would be ok with it if they are walking out during their Gym or Lunch period......being back in time for core subject teaching.

 

[miamited]

Putting the gun control topic aside, and just focusing on the idea of protesting via walk-outs, how would you address such a thing with your teenager?

Hi 98,

Well, for me it's going to matter what the protest is about. There are some issues for which peaceful civil protest is an appropriate manner to express one's view. I don't think the school grounds are generally the best place to express discontent in this manner, but for an issue as important as wanting to see real substantive changes to our laws that would work to prevent our precious children dying at the hands of gun wielding nuts in schools...sure! Our government has struggled with this issue for years and unless hard changes are made, we're surely going to be struggling with it for many, many more years to come.

Sadly however, I don't expect such efforts to bring about any such change.

We LOVE!!! our guns!!!

God bless,
In Christ, ted

 

[Hammster]

That seems like a lot to ask of high-schoolers.

Do you have a problem with them giving voice to the fact that they are alarmed at what is being allowed to go on ???

They can be alarmed in class.

 

[The_Believer7]

They can be alarmed in class.

But ... noone will ever know that ...

Would you begrudge them 17 minutes to tell legislators how they feel ?

 

[Hammster]

But ... noone will ever know that ...

Would you begrudge them 17 minutes to tell legislators how they feel ?

They can write a letter.

 

[tampasteve]

That seems like a lot to ask of high-schoolers.

I do not feel that it is a lot to ask, they are high school children that in mere months to a few years will be asked to make decisions with major public and personal consequences (voting, driving, etc.). I am not asking for a fully developed plan, but a basic understanding of why the protest is occurring and what one hopes to accomplish. Without that basic thought development the mere act of protesting is useless.

Do you have a problem with them giving voice to the fact that they are alarmed at what is being allowed to go on ???

Absolutely not, I want them to have a reasonably informed voice that can put thoughts together with their actions, I want them to be a part of the solution.

 

[A_Thinker]

They can write a letter.

Why does it appear that you are denying them one of the most basic of Amrican rights ?

You recall that the American experiment began as a protest ?

 

[Hammster]

Why does it appear that you are denying them one of the most basic of Amrican rights ?

You recall that the American experiment began as a protest ?

Where do you find that it’s a right to skip class?

 

[Albion]

Putting the gun control topic aside, and just focusing on the idea of protesting via walk-outs, how would you address such a thing with your teenager?

This is a toughie for several reasons. I get the idea that the schools thought it was a good idea and they more or less invited the students to do this, assigned the area in which to assemble, guided their thoughts about it, and accommodated the media (and armed guards in some cases). But in addition, it was a Democratic Party event, and so I think it was a bad precedent to set. I am certain that there will be the next "skip school and protest" occasion coming up; what we do not know at present is the theme for that one.

 

[A_Thinker]

Where do you find that it’s a right to skip class?

Where do you find a right to dump tea into Boston Harbor ...

 

[Hammster]

Where do you find a right to dump tea into Boston Harbor ...

So no answer? Okay.

 

[Phil 1:21]

Putting the gun control topic aside, and just focusing on the idea of protesting via walk-outs, how would you address such a thing with your teenager?

I would hope that my child would be able to articulate exactly what they are protesting and what they hope to accomplish. And I would also hope they understand they are responsible for the repercussions of their decisions, one of which may be being grounded for skipping class.

 

[twin1954]

The thing is that 15 year olds aren't experienced enough to make informed decisions. They are very susceptible to brainwashing by those who would push them into believing something totally illogical.

Instead of encouraging them to stage a protest teach them how to debate the issue with informed facts on both sides. That used to be what schools did but now they simply incite the mush heads into uninformed protest.

 

[DeaconDean]

Where do you find a right to dump tea into Boston Harbor ...

"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,"

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

That is what England was guilty of in 1775.

I'm sorry, but 15 year olds don't know very much today.

It makes me wonder, that if the "legal" age to by weapons is raised to 21, will the U.S. Military also raise the minimum age to enlist to 21? Handing a gun, to an 18 year old and telling them to go defend, kill even, and yet deny them the right to smoke or drink is stupid.

If at 18, your old enough to enlist, old enough to go die for your country, but not old enough to decide for yourself as to whether or not to smoke or drink is a bit hypocritical.

The biggest difference I see today is that I was taught "gun control" at a very early age. I got my first BB gun at 10. A .22 rifle at 14 to hunt squirrels and rabbits. And at 18, I was taught "gun control" in basic training, given an M-16, Mossburg 12 ga shotgun, and to this day, I know what "gun control" means.

Blaming the issue of these "mass shootings" on the NRA, lack of "gun control" measures and not on the individual themselves is like blaming the DMV for giving a drivers license to a person convicted of DWI.

What do most 15 year olds know today?

Compared to my generation, nothing!

God Bless

Till all are one.