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Breast Cancer Awareness, perhaps going too far?

Posted: Oct 7, 2013

In an e-mail from child's 1st teacher, there is a notation that October 15th is wear pink day in honor of the Komen foundation. While I think it is wrong to over-shelter kids, I also have to wonder in this case if this would be going perhaps too far. It is nothing I will raise a stink over, my son will not be wearing pink as he does not have anything pink but I am just kind of baffled by this.

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Ack, should proof before posting, it was from his 1st grade teacher--sm - anon

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We are talking about awareness in 6 year olds. Unfortunately, there are 6 years who have had awareness imposed on them from the people in their life suffering from it. At 6, instead of breast cancer awareness they need more overall health awareness.

I think you may be getting worked up over nothing - BTDT

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For kids that age, it's just another activity they do at school without the ability to fully comprehend the scope of the disease. It's enough that you could explain breast cancer is a type of sickness some people get and the school wants to show support for those sick people. Anything more is too reaching.

It's kinda like hat day. You take your dollar on Friday and wear your hat. The kids don't actually connect that their dollar goes for some type of fund raising (at our school, it is for teachers to attend special learning seminars in the summer breaks). To the kids, it's just something everyone goes along with, have fun with, and forget about the next day.

my HS football team is wearing pink socks - sm - pinky

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because the mother of one of the players has breast cancer and is having chemo now.

The truth is... - sm

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A lot of breast cancer survivors resent pink ribbons and October. Who wants to be reminded about their cancer for a month every year. Especially when wearing pink does nothing at all for the disease. Or Don't Wear a Bra Day... Or stupid Facebook games where you make some mysterious update for breast cancer awareness. Or buying pink ribbon merchandise (corn for the cause??? seriously...) which doesn't benefit anybody except the merchant who is selling the product. Pinkwashing is not a good thing unless it is going to an organization that is actually doing something worthwhile for breast cancer research.

Now I won't say I don't wear pink occasionally or feel proud of being a survivor because that's not true.

-5 1/2 year breast cancer survivor

But it is an important message in October to Think Before You Pink...

I was - talking

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about this with my sister today. She is a breast cancer survivor. She said all it does is remind her of it and when she sees the pink it just gives her worrying thoughts about it.

Exactly - sm

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There's a lot of ugly about this disease. There is a breast cancer community online and you get to know these people. I have many friends with cancer. Some have passed away. There's nothing pink and happy about that. Sometimes F*ck cancer is more appropriate.

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