Teachers Saving Children^® Inc. - National

That's the climate our students grow up in, thanks to Roe vs. Wade. And now, after 30 years of this disaster, psychiatrists such as Dr. Philip Ney are beginning to uncover the nature of "Abortion Survivor Syndrome." It's not hard to understand. It is very similar to what soldiers experience, upon returning from a war in which many of their friends were killed. They suffer "survivor guilt," expressed by nagging questions like, "Why did my buddy die and not me? Was I at fault? Could I have done something to save him?" They suffer survivor anxiety, living as it were under a suspended death sentence.

So it is with the survivor of abortion. The child who comes to realize that "I'm alive because Mommy wanted me" also comes to fear what will happen "if Mommy stops wanting me." This can lead to excessive efforts to be "wanted," and if kept up long enough, the child will get tired of those efforts and go in the opposite direction: rebellion.

We wonder how tragic events like students shooting students can happen. Students do this because we've taught them to do it. Legal abortion teaches them that if someone is inconvenient, you dispose of them. They know they were disposable; therefore the student sitting next to them is disposable, too. Children will not stop killing children until parents stop killing children.

The reality of Survivor Syndrome constitutes a significant obstacle to the proper education of the young. It destroys their sense of self-worth, and introduces an instability into the very foundations of their concepts life, love, family, and relationship with adults. Even if abortion stops tomorrow, it will take generations to heal these wounds.

Teachers who are committed to the right to life play an indispensable role here. Amidst a society that tells students they have value only because they are "wanted," pro-life teachers can help them realize they have value because they are "welcomed." Whereas being "wanted" means you correspond to someone else's needs, being "welcomed" means there is a place for you because of who you are, and the value you have, no matter what others think. Pro-life teachers, by recognizing the wounds that abortion causes in the surviving children, can be the most effective educators of those children.

I thank God for Teachers Saving Children^®. There are few professionals who play a more critical role in the very survival of our civilization.

By faith, the TSC Inc. - National Board of Trustees last fall made a decision to once again apply for exhibit space in the huge display area during the pre-RA activities. With God's help our exhibit puts the facts and the wonder of human development before the largest assembly of decision-makers in the teachers' union. The purpose of our exhibit will be to once more promote and provide educational classroom materials especially for science and health teachers. TSC will be investing over $1300 for the exhibit space rental fee and miscellaneous fees.

This year the TSC Inc. - National Board of Trustees has made the decision to include the children's hardbound book Before You Were Born by Jennifer Davis. It is a "lift-the-flap" book that tells the story of mother and baby throughout pregnancy. It has great full color illustrations with rhyming verse that combine to deliver excellent and accurate information for children ages 4-8. Hardbound books do cost more, but TSC has found over the past several years a high interest in this particular book that many educators and parents have never seen. It is our hope to raise the money needed to purchase a sizeable quantity of this particular book as well as other materials that will be given away free of charge.

The Lord continues to miraculously provide the finances for this special ministry opportunity, and for that provision we are grateful. Prayerfully consider being a part of this special endeavor by sending in your contribution today.

Note: Please make checks payable to "TSC Inc. - National". Please carefully note how the amount given is to be designated ("NEA Exhibit") so that the contribution will be appropriately allocated.

1. Election of Officers for the 2003-2004 fiscal year was held. Connie Bancroft will serve as the Executive Director; Gary Winney will serve as the Assistant Executive Director; Gloria Hoelle will serve as Secretary; David Kaiser will serve as Treasurer.

2. The Board of Trustees approved 2 amendments to the Constitution & Bylaws: Article 4.2B Qualifications of Board of Trustee Members and Article 6.4 Quorum for Meetings of Trustees.

3. The Board of Trustees discussed the TSC exhibit for the NEA Expo 2003. It was approved to purchase with the funds made available as large a quantity as possible the book Before You Were Born by Jennifer Davis for distribution at the "Wonder of Life" exhibit. Monies for this purchase as well as other materials will need to be raised.

Editor's Note: Carol Richart is a member of Teachers Saving Children^®. She is trying to make one last attempt before she retires in June 2003 to build some kind of pressure for the NEA to change its policy on "reproductive freedom". Please feel free to contact her if you are interested in looking for another way to make an impact.