European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A clinic that trouble Archie Tucker o have a teen clinic or not to have a teen clinic is not or should not be a Dodds maybe if Dodds would develop a truancy policy and then enforce it there would be less time for students to get pregnant. But Dodds should not be in the pregnancy preventing business As such. I applaud the principal s concern for his students in Baum older Germany. But i fail to see where it s his responsibility to get involved in any capacity other than As a concerned Parent or Community member in the planning of a teen clinic. Of sure it s Fine for us to say Well there Are Al ways those families in the Community who can t or won t control or counsel their children. Those Chil Dren ought to have a place to go to get help this attitude is easy for us to assume because after All we re Good parents. Well do All those things. Good parents should do Well keep the lines of communication open to our children Well openly Dis cuss the possibility of making mistakes and getting pregnant out of Wedlock. Wrong answer. Wait until you the Good conscientious attention giving Parent realize your daughter has an appointment for the teen clinic made by the school nurse without your knowledge let alone your consent. The government big brother has just stepped into your Home and usurped All the control _ and Trust you worked so hard to cultivate. They these strangers whose morals Are totally unknown to you Are going to step into the role of Counselor adviser and confidant to your wonderful child. What kind of advice is your child Likely to get Well it s not our Job to exercise moral judgment. If you re going to have sex just be sure it s Safe sex. Here use one of  r i Are they going Tlell your child that condoms can have a 50-percent, or higher failure rate As a birth control device and that is during a Short period of time when the female is ovulating. Guess what the aids virus does t ovulate. It s there 365 Days a opening laugh Barton Uxbridge England be our guest Back it school teen drag Vanessa Vasquez year. How Safe does that 50-percent rubber look now i might add a virus is Many times smaller than sperm /  these folks who know How to Deal with your child better than you will Tell you they Are there to help your son or daughter and not to circumvent your parental control. Your next question should be then Why am i left out Why do i have no control Why am i prevented by regulation to have Access to knowledge or information of my dependent s health1 what is the next step would they deny parents knowledge or information if a child needed an operation no they would t. How about if your child goes away on a sports trip Why do you have to sign a paper giving permission for medical care to be administered to your child but if it concerns a sexually transmitted disease or pregnancy when your child most needs your understanding and love they pre sume to be Able to deny your parental rights is there a special Deal for people who believe in a religion that prohibits birth control is the government inter Fering with people s religion How about the separa Tion of Church and state does it work Only one Way where Are All these i can handle this better than you folks when the grandchild arrives what Capac Ity do they play when the 15-year-old Mother needs a place to stay and milk for the baby How free Are they then How caring Are they when the Gran baby is keeping everyone up All hours of the night with _ Colic where is All their free care when your wonder Ful child is in his or her last stages of aids who is going to bail the family out of the financial debt of trying to treat and keep the aids victim alive if you really believe in the Sanctity of the family fight anything that would jeopardize that Sanctity. Join together and say no to teen clinics. If the desire is to serve the teen what can be done in a teen clinic that can t be done when the Parent makes the appointment.  _ a a. Archie Tucker works in Naples. Italy.  i m a 15-year-old Sophomore and have lived inti Masens Germany for 916 years. I have observed our Community draw Down and Don like what i  Pir Masens we have a Bowling Alley that has less than 20 lanes. Most of the time Only half Are open because the other half need repairs. This prob Lem has lasted a year or two. So while you re on a waiting list at the Bowling Alley for three hours you can go enjoy a movie Only about three months old at the theater but make sure you buy a Well cooked $1 Hotdog at the Bowling Alley so you do not have to Purchase exactly the same one for $1.75 at the movies. Then there s this some maps have destined upon themselves that teen agers should be in before dark. Come on get real. It gets dark As Early As 5 . Or if the maps Are really bored they la come up to Amer ican dressed teen agers who Are minding their own business in the pm lobby and demand to see our id cards and interrogate us As to what we Are doing out so late at 8 . Meanwhile germans Are cleaning out our shelves at the pm. Considering most teen agers favor not to put up with All these hassles we go to the teen Center which is open Only fridays and saturdays. I m half German and know my Way around. So i decide to show my friends some of the cultural experiences. Let s see what we can choose from bars discos and possibly we can squeeze in Mcdonald s if we have 10 Marks extra that we can spare. Such is the tight squeeze of draw Down life. Vanessa Vasquez lives in Pir Masens Germany. Send in your column plus photo of yourself to be our guest sunday Magazine the stars and stripes Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37, d-64278 Darmstadt Germany. If mailing disk save text in Asci and include printout. 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