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| Sun, 10-28-2007 - 9:59am |
QOTW 10/28: What Should Schools be Teaching Kids?
- Sexual Education
- Abstinence Only
- Other, please explain.
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In my sons school, abstinence is taught as a choice when it comes to making responsible choices about sexuality. I am happy that they teach that. In a large part, I was taught sex education in school, and am very glad I was. My parents were not open and honest with me about sexuality, and their style of teaching would have been "If A is inserted in B, you can get pregnant. You better not do it!" I also don't think I would have ever learned appropriate terms for body parts, sexual acts, or proper information on STDs and such. I'm not sure that I would have wanted them involved in the decision making process of what was taught.
I will say, that from my own memory, we were not taught things that were not age appropriate. The classes advanced as we got older. Many people today are pushing for abstinence only teaching, fearing that teaching sex ed encourages children to become sexually active. I haven't ever heard anyone who supports the teaching of sex ed to feel abstinence should be excluded -- but I have heard it the other way around.
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I have often talked with my kids about the emotional aspects and responsibilities of being sexually active. I don't know that the schools hit on the emotional aspects, or if they could except in a very broad sense.
I think that would be an interesting topic to introduce in the future here!
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"An informed teenager is a teenager who's more likely to make responsible choices."
So true Steve! I also think kids who are able to discuss sex with their parents are able to contribute more to the classroom setting with their peers. It creates a reinforcement for both the kids who are being taught and those that aren't learning about it at home.
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My grandparents who if alive today would both be 98 years old were pregnant with my dad at the age of 17 before she and my grandfather
I agree that kids need facts! With all the STDs and other risks out there it is just too dangerous to tell them not to do it and then hope for the best! I wish I had had more sex education in school, because I sure didn't get much at home!
But I think that we do need to be careful not to give
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