It seems the emotional well being of kids is being over looked. No direction, no moral judgement, etc. The results are obvious by the increasing violence in our schools and on the streets. Australia has come up with a solution, while controversial, could just be a partial solution to a growing problem.
PM’S plan for school chaplains
CHAPLAINS will be posted in schools across Australia under a federal Government plan to provide students with greater spiritual guidance.
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The initiative, which was immediately criticised for discriminating in favour of Christians, was approved by Cabinet earlier this month. Today’s announcement follows last weekend’s fatal car crash near Byron Bay which killed four teenagers from Kadina High School.
“Discriminating in favour of Christians”. Now there’s a new one, since it’s been just the opposite for more than 40 years.
The federal Government wants to encourage schools to spend more time developing the ethical and spiritual health of students.
And this is a bad thing? It’s obvious that kids do need more ethical instruction, cuz they sure aren’t getting any not only at school, but in many homes. We, as parents, have failed our kids. No, not all kids are bad, and not all will benefit from such guidance, but it’s a good start!
“The money would be far better spent on teaching resources,” he said.“And it is overtly discriminatory if you are only talking about Christian chaplains.”
It would be more appropriate to appoint professional counsellors without religious affiliations to provide support to students in times of grief, he said.
No offence to shrinks, but ethics are not actually their field. Truth be told, I’d be really uncomfortable with an Imam counseling kids in school. Yep, I’m a “bigot”! But I watch the news, I see what happens when Muslims “teach” kids in other parts of the world, and perhaps, even in this country. I’d be happier with a Buddhist monk!
H/T: Stop the ACLU
