Sex education in schools...?

[Total_Blender]

As a father of a 9 yr old, I say "no" because I want and AM the one responsible for teaching that to my own children, not the school.

The problem is that a lot of parents aren't teaching this kind of stuff to their kids and the gov't can't force the parents to teach it to them. I think that in order to be a productive adult in our society there are certain things you have to know

what money is and how it is used
look both ways when you cross the street
basic personal cleanliness
how babies are made
what STD's are and how they can be prevented

If parents aren't teaching this stuff to kids (and most of them aren't) who will? No matter who you are, Oil compant CEO or bagger at Wal-Mart you need to know about STD's and pregnancy prevention.

[Jaimecbr900]

The problem is that a lot of parents aren't teaching this kind of stuff to their kids and the gov't can't force the parents to teach it to them. I think that in order to be a productive adult in our society there are certain things you have to know

what money is and how it is used
look both ways when you cross the street
basic personal cleanliness
how babies are made
what STD's are and how they can be prevented

If parents aren't teaching this stuff to kids (and most of them aren't) who will? No matter who you are, Oil compant CEO or bagger at Wal-Mart you need to know about STD's and pregnancy prevention.

While I agree there are basics everyone should know, there is a basic problem with brain development. At 5 yrs old, it is humanly impossible to comprehend some concepts that you or I find "basic", i.e. sex. At that age, their brains aren't physically developed enough to understand a lot of things. So why not just teach them calculus or trig too???? Because they wouldn't understand it, right? How is this any different? There are certain developmental levels everyone has to go thru before growing up and maturing. So no matter how many times you sit down a 5 yr old and explain....."this penis goes in that vagina, stir, and VOILA....babies are made" they will only look at you and say . I mean, everyone should know how to drive, right? What about just going ahead and starting them out on that at 5 yrs old too? Why not? What about balancing a check book? We all should know how to do that too, right? Why not teach them that?.....for the same reasons that sex ed. at that age is inappropriate (sp?).....they CAN'T comprehend it properly.

[EJ25RUN]

Agreed on teaching it that early is not just unnecessary but it is also something they just don;t need to know. I think i was around 8 when i fully got what it is.