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QOTD: Sex Ed in the school? Yay or Nay
| Fri, 09-19-2008 - 2:56pm |
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What is your stance on sex ed in the school?


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I have no problem with it.
She's 13 now, but it was last spring and she was 12.
I don't mind factual education about reproduction in school, although being a childbirth educator for the past 12 years, my kids have had exposure to that their whole lives and we are open about those topics so Kayleigh didn't learn anything new in "human reproduction."
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Statistics in Canada actually say that fewer young kids are having sex. So its not a case of more and more kids having sex younger and younger and more and more of them are using condoms. At least up here. The teen pregnancy rate is dropping (would be nice if it didn't exist but that's unlikely).
In 2005, 43 per cent of teens aged 15 to 19 reported that they had sexual intercourse at least once, down from 47 per cent in 1996-1997.
The decline occurred due to young women. For them, the proportion who reported having had intercourse decreased from 51 per cent in 1996 to 43 per cent in 2005. Among young men, the proportion stayed unchanged at 43 per cent.
Between 2003 and 2005, the proportion of sexually active teenage girls who reported using a condom rose from 65 per cent to 70 per cent. Among teenage boys, the proportion stayed around 80 per cent.
In 2005, 81 per cent of those aged 15 to 17 reported they had used a condom the last time they had intercourse, compared with 70 per cent among those aged 18 and 19, the report said
The proportion of teens who reported becoming sexually active at an early age also declined. In 2005, eight per cent said had become active before age 15, down from 12 per cent in 1996-1997.
About one-third of teens aged 15 to 19 who had intercourse in the year before the survey reported having more than one partner, about the same percentage as in the earlier survey.
The report is based on interviews with about 4,500 teens in 1996, and about 10,000 teenagers for 2003 and 2005.
I am in favor of sex ed everywhere (since seems alot of parents aren't doing it). Knowledge is power. The more kids know about sex, the better they can make
Not if *I* have to teach it! ;o)
I have to get pretty close and it's not a happy feeling. It's the only unit I HATE. In the health & diseases unit of my curriculum, I also talk about HIV/AIDS and STDs, and mention unprotected sex in there as a cause and stuff, but that doesn't bother me as much as reproduction does. And I don't even have to go into details--it's more about sex cells & chromosomes with sexual reproduction in plants & animals, asexual reproduction, and mitosis and meiosis cellular division.
There is a chapter in the book with PICTURES that the students love to look at. I tell them they can read chapter 10 at home, they have their own science books, but we're working on Chapter 2 right now (or whatever chapter).
Ramona
Ramona Mom to 2 great kids and wife to one wonderful hubby since 1990!
I completely agree with you.
The idea of a born again virgin makes me feel weird. Like you can erase, instead of learn from, something you view as a mistake. I mean, how many times can you be born again? Once, twice, every time? Who decides if you meet the criteria? Creeps me out...
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