Agenda - Council - 05/27/1997 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I ,I I I I I I I I I I I · All of these are ismes parents and children should deal with at home. Cities should mn the cities. Schools should teach the basics. Please don't waste anymore of my money on feel good mailings. · These basic indicators need to be addressed by parents, not organizations and government. Be careful not to infi'inge on parents' rights and responsibilities. · How much tax money is wasted on this foolishness? Fancy name for nothing. Make kids work a little. Most kids have too much money to spend and are given too much and there are too many planned or programmed things for them now. I am programmed to death. I love my kids but everything they are told in school goes against my teachings. Self esteem! Hogwash! If they worked a little and did something for someone else and got rid of the grange look and cleaned up a little they'd feel better and look better and think better about themselves. I can't become involved because I work two part-time jobs now, and 1 am tired of it. · I don't like scare tactics, I don't want my child afraid of everything and everyone. There has to be some sort of line to cross. · Why Youth First? · While I appreciate and believe in doing for our children, I firmly believe we have misled our children with stressing what we can do for them rather than demanding responsibility from them! · I am concerned when I hear that Fridley 5th grade.students cannot be held accountable for honesty, assignments, performances or anything else unless they are happy with the consequence. Why go to school? Is it a learning center or a playground~. Why assignments if no authority to expect response? Don't follow Fridley's example. · I am concerned about your questions in this survey. Youth is many different ages, different approaches and information should be addressed with children based on their age. It is not clear what age group you are asking about. I would like to know the direction you think you are going, and caution that the results will vary based on the age of children in the home, which you have not asked for. · Focusing attention on any of these subjects alerts rebellious youth to the possibility of engaging in behavior(s) that the system finds offensive. · I worry a little about putting too much emphasis and time on the negatives. I would also like to see a program aimed at developing positive thinking and an awareness of the amount of time we spend in negative thinking. · Concerns of my kids being taught things or subjects that go' against my morals or beliefs such as homosexuality, pre marital sex, etc. · As worded, indicator F does not necessarily point to a potential problem. In fact, this behavior could indicate just the opposite, i.e. the type of thing a mentor might do. PLEASE RE WORD to clarify what you're trying to get at (drug dealing, molestation?) Different School District/Childre~ Not Old Enough · Does this even apply if my kids go to Elk River schools? Or are they not included in this potential program? · I would like to know how this can be included in St. Francis since hundreds of children live in Andover but do not attend lSD #I 1. · My oldest is in first grade, it's hard for me to imagine these issues at this point. · Our daughter is only 5 and we haven't had to deal with all of these issues yet. We promote family values a lot. Hopefully, we'll be okay.