{"id":229,"date":"2005-08-26T15:07:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-26T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=229"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"male-primary-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/08\/26\/male-primary-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Primary Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"
I belong to a Primary message board site and last couple of days there has been this huge hoopla about male teachers in Primary. Somehow some presidents are saying that in the “guidelines” it states that if a male is called to teach Primary then it has to be as a couple (husband\/wife team) or 2 males, doors are to remain always open and that any member of the presidency can walk in unannounced at any given moment. When I posted the question of where this so called guidleline is no one seems to know. I also pointed out that males were being dumped on (on this site regarding this particular post) and that men aren’t the only ones that are abusers of children.<\/p>\n
I also pointed out that if the church (according to the Utah wards that were posting) had set these guidelines to protect the children then how is it that men can teach in Young Men or in Scouts where the chances are greater for risk factor as they meet a lot away from the actual building (camps etc).<\/p>\n
Has anyone actually seen this guideline set out by the church?<\/p>\n
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