"Educators" and the NEA are the biggest threat to America today. Bigger and more dangerous than muslim terrorists, bigger than Envirowackos, and bigger than that jug eared community organizer.

Hmph. Seems to me the thing to do is to set up situations in which children can socialize with as many people as possible -- recess, group play, that sort of thing -- and when it comes to schoolwork to occasionally pair children with kids they don't socialize with very much.

Nothing tyrannical about that ...

Remember the german youth movement where kids were encouraged to snitch on their friends, family and even parents.

If you have no friends than it is easier to report them to the state.

Thank you James, for proving Kim's point.

We're watching the left commit societal suicide before our very eyes; neither Fathers nor Mothers needed. Everybody part of a victim class, except for the soft racism of white males. Cowardly appeasement of radical Islamic terrorists. Gullibility in trusting that unilateral disarmament will be met by Russia and China.

Destroying the institution of marriage by refusing to see that if banning two men from marrying is discrimination, then so is any other banned arrangement. Societal cohesion is lost, future generations the victims of social experimentation and when societal cohesion is lost it invites the barbarian's to the gate.

Indoctrinating children into hate for their heritage. Redistribution of financial assets and income. The emasculation of American business with Cap & Trade. The coming attempt to stop free speech on the Internet.

A mathematically unsustainable entitlement system.

The list goes on and on.

And like lemmings racing for the cliff's edge, the James and Lee's refuse to see, all the while yelling "la'la'la, I can't hear you!" to block out the warnings.

They shall have much to answer for, when they face their maker.

These are probably the same 'educators' who believe that math is 'relative'. 1+1=5 if you want it to.

Does anybody ever lreally isten to these moronic so-called "experts"? I don't.

What's really going on here is the losers who thought this up done have friends of any kind and they're jealous. In the generation 10 years or so younger than my friends and I (-60)people don't have really close friends. People they can trust. Must be sad.

There was a time when sex had a deeply emotional meaning to it, so it was done only within the confines of an emotionally fulfilling and committed relationship.

Were you born in a Doris Day movie?

Seriously, I know I'm a cynical bastard, but nobody could truly be this naïve.

Admin: There was a time when sex meant a lot more than it does today. It isn't naïve to admit that.

I don't care if you are 2 or 102, everyone needs a best friend to confide in, someone they ultimately can trust. Cliques and bullying are all apart of growing up. It teaches us early on that life sometimes is not fair and not always sunshine and lollipops. It teaches us how to deal with conflict. Something the last few generations know nothing about because they learn in school how to avoid taking responsibility for their actions and bad decision making. It's simply never my fault!

Senor Cardgage,

Well, you have one here. And it is not naivete - it is how one was raised, the friendship their parents have, and finding the love of their life.

This is beyond stupid; it's dangerous.

It came from liberals. What else would you expect?

Great re-direct, li'l bryanD -

Yet again a smooth-brainer directs away from the content of the article - which isn't fluff. The content is that another moron 'counselor' (person of authority) has declared thousands of years of normal behavior to be off-limits.

Re-read the verbiage of that brainless scrunt - "I think it is kids' preference to pair up and have that one best friend. As adults -- teachers and counselors -- we try to encourage them not to do that."

News flash to scrunt - kids aren't adult, and it's not the job of these Cracker-Jack University edu-tards to remove childhood from children.

Clearly a kid's - hell, everyone's - closest attachments should be to his commissar and block captain. Report counter-revolutionary activity immediately! The Party is your best friend.

This is so easy to explain, people. Liberals are much more likely, in their youth, to have suffered emotional abuse and social exclusion at home, at school, or at church. This has been studied.

What three institutions are they most active in opposing?

Any teachers who are friend might bully students, so they should be transferred or forced to retire.

James, you deftly sidestepped the point. The point is that they're actively discouraging children from having a best friend.

Of course there's nothing wrong with placing children in the situations you've described. We don't really want our children avoiding social situations that would benefit their development.

Admin: There was a time when sex meant a lot more than it does today.

No, there wasn't.

It isn't naïve to admit that.

Yes, it is.

(Is this the five-minute argument or the full half-hour?)

For the leftists it all boils down to:

Individual=bad

Collective=good

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Stupid, dangerous and hopelessly unselectable.

And I would expect we all pay for it!

"There was a time when sex had a deeply emotional meaning to it, so it was done only within the confines of an emotionally fulfilling and committed relationship."

As SC notes, there was never a time this was true for the majority of working class people EXCEPT for the possibility of Victorian England. Maybe. Probably not though. The idea that sex is precious and that it should ONLY be done with one's mate evolves from the fact that women are less able and consume more resources in any pre-industrial setting. Thus it was developed as a form of social control.

That being said, sex without any emotional connection is also a bad idea long term.

The reasoning behind this bit of lunacy is plainly obvious.

If you don't have a best friend, you're less likely to plot against ------.