Tuesday, January 22, 2008

What Your Kids Need to Know at College -- But Don't

Last year I blogged about a new book called Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student. At the time, the topic was so sensational that she published under the name “Anonymous, MD.” Fortunately, Dr. Miriam Grossman is anonymous no more, her book is out in paperback, and I’ve written a story about her important work that appears on the popular web site aish.com

If you have teenagers or kids in college, you need to read this article, and better yet, Dr. Grossman’s important book, which explains how, despite years of “health education,” our kids are woefully and sometimes tragically misinformed or willfully not told about the common aftereffects of what is known simply as “lifestyle choices,” including multiple sexual partners, abortion, and a values-free lifestyle. While our kids are expected to be able to show restraint in the areas of diet and exercise, they supposedly have no control over other areas of their lives, an idea that Dr. Grossman finds untrue and patronizing.

Read the article, and send it to those you know who are in college, or parents of college kids. Our kids deserve better than they are getting at school from the so-called campus health counselors.