Response to "School Dance Steps Look Like Foreplay"

Betsy Hart says that high school dancing looks more like foreplay than actual dancing. she explains grinding, and how this way of dancing is disrespectful and way over the line. Many parents, including the principal of the mentioned school, agree that this dancing is uncalled for and ludicrous and should not be allowed. Other parents make known that they feel the kids should be allowed to dance like that because it's cool and fun, and why ruin the kids' special night? Hart explains that this is bad parenting; the role of parent is not to be buddies with your children, but to be a role model and guide.
I agree. High school dances should not be some mass sexual arousal event. That's just weird. And decadent. C'mon guys! Honestly! Disrespect and immorality are simply disrespect and immorality no matter how you feel about it. Can we not abstain from this distaste and degradation in the presence of our classmates and teachers/parents (we'll toss the DJ in there too)? That's pretty rude. (Of course, as always, while having friends around, you gotta be cool right? So I'm thinking that maybe kids aren't so concerned with the rudeness of grinding in front of friends.) High schoolers do not have the self control that they always say or think they do. How many teens have had sex before marriage? Too many. What a shame to be slaves to our fleeting desires and dance inappropriately just because it 'feels good.' There's so much more to having fun than that. A lot of kids just don't know how to have good fun, and parents don't know how to stop it. Betsy Hart used the rhetorical question "Because they want their kids to 'like' them?" to get the reader thinking about how parents raise their kids not only according to the principle of being a model and guide but also to that of being their kid's buddy. Since her article is largely about parents' reaction to kids' misbehavior, addressing the question specifically about parents becomes effective. Hart uses this to try to hit home with some people, because for a parent to think about that question would require that they examine themselves a little deeper than just hearing a statement. It gets people to think about how they are raising their kids to behave.

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