Do you think First Graders need sexual awareness?

Question

Alot of 6,7 year old already know what s*x is. Do you think after you have solid kknowledge that you kid knows what s*x is, its time to pop out the STD VIDEO and the birthing process? ( for the girls)

Answer 1

At this age all your child need to know where other people should not touch. As for the note let the teacher and principle know about it and talk to that childs parents.

Answer 2

Her classmate is talking trash 'cuz his parents talk trash (or listening to music that is trash!  Or let him watch movies that are trash!).

Learn about s*x at 6 & 7?  Absolutely NOT!

"Good Touch - Bad Touch" is the extent that they need to know.  Don't allow ANYone to touch you in areas that a bathing suit would cover.

Answer 3

my son is 7 and has never even mentioned the word s*x. that is way to young maybe 10 or 11 when a girl is going to start there period you can show them the birthing video.i dont bring that subject up ever with him.WOW! i went and read your other question now i see where your coming from. if shes already been exposed you need to tell her a little not to much something like thats what big people do when there married and that little boy was wrong. something like that if the boy is in her class i would talk to the teacher. i would also find his parents. his little mind thinks he knows alot more than he does and he could get his self in a lot of trouble. i personally was fondeled by another little boy when i was little and didnt tell my parents.now that boys all grown up and in prison for rape. thats not a lie its the trueth and his dad fondeled me to when i was litttle. i would really check into that more.

Answer 4

Absolutly NO way. children should be innocent for as long as possible, these days kids are growing up so fast they dont need school encouraging it aswell. girls are dressing like teenagers and wearing make up sometimes even before they reach 10 years old. They are unknowingly trying to make themselves look supposidly s**y because this is what the media/tv/magazines are teaching them. Let kids be kids and leave the sexuality end of things to responsible adults

Answer 5

my daughter is in first grade and she has NO idea what s*x is. so NO

Answer 6

maybe good touch bad touch but anything no way!!! are they wanting younger parents? GOOD GOD!

Answer 7

yhyhyh but not in 1st grade in bout 3rd grade the kids need to learn

Answer 8

Well, yes and no....

If they start asking questions, they should be told an age-appropriate version of the truth.  My daughter is in first grade, and her questions about her pregnant cousin led to "How did the baby get into her tummy?"   I just told her that mommies and daddies have a "special hug" for each other that makes a baby start growing inside the mommy.  She was satisfied with that answer (whew!) and hopefully she'll hold off on more questions until she's much older!

Answer 9

They only need to know that if someone touches their privates, they should tell their parents.

Answer 10

The only sexual awareness first graders need is that no one should be touching their private parts!

I knew what s*x was when I was in first grade, I don't remember a time when I didn't know, but that didn't mean I was having it!

Answer 11

No at that age they are not mentally aware enough of what s*x entails to be given the birds & bees tape.

Save it for 5th grade, that is when my son was starting to be aware of the differences between the sexes.

Answer 12

Yes, but it has to be age appropriate.

Answer 13

no way! Not until they are 11 which is 5th grade!

Answer 14

no! that would be outrageous. Even if they KNOW what it is, they are physically not able to do anything anyways. Hold off for a couple of years.

Answer 15

No.... in first grade they shouldn't.

There is some material called "Good Touch Bad Touch". Some schools teach young children this material. But its more used by therapists to help children who may have been sexually abused to get them to talk about anything that may have happened.

It talks about good touch and bad touch without saying anything sexual in it.

I would show the note to the teacher. The student that gave your daughter that letter may need some special attention from the school/counselor.

Answer 16

Lord, NO.  Let kids be kids.

Answer 17

Parents are always the most important teachers.

Honestly, don't parents ever teach their children what they need to know about s*x? Waiting for someone else outside "teach" them? And then later on discovering that their children are pregnant?

It's the parents' responsibility!

Answer 18

No, 6 or 7 is too young....Id say around 11 0r 12 is more when they should really start getting into s*x ed....and my daughter is 8 and she does not know what s*x is yet....I think we should let kids keep their innocence as long as possible.

Answer 19

No! there's plenty of time for that - let the kids enjoy their childhood.

Answer 20

As a parent you need to be in tune with your kids and make sure you are approachable for this subject constantly antigrooming then against what the predators wich to do or what the world is trying to do which is sexualize them at a younger and younger age.  They should teach each kid according to their maturity.

Answer 21

lol, aww thats freaky and funny, they will just giggle and be traumatised. i was still giggling about it in 6th grade!!!

Answer 22

At this age answer their questions.  About the age of 9 or 10 you should be asking them questions, and explaining the concept in which they will understand.  Some 9 -10 yrs old are more mature, some don't even know what is going on.  You are the parent, you know your children better than anyone else.

Answer 23

Absolutely not. Sexual education and awareness should wait until the child is 11 years of age, on average.

However, children of this age should be told about inappropriate touching, reporting abuse, and the importance of telling a trusted adult when they are put in a sexual situation. This way, they can be prepared for the eventual "birds and the bees" talk that they will receive from their parents, or the sexual education discusssion that is very common in most elementary schools.

Answer 24

My daughter is in first grade and if she brought home a note like that from a boy in her class, I would freak!  I would consider that sexual harassment and I would notify the teacher and the principal of the note.  A 6/7 year old child should have NO knowledge of s*x and the thought that a child would write a note to the affect that he wants to have s*x with her, tells me that there is something seriously wrong in that child's home life.

The children I see in my daughter's class are still very innocent.  I cannot even imagine such a scenario in her first grade classroom.

I would not pop out the STD video or about the birthing process.  She's way too young for it still.

Answer 25

i dont think they need it.

i didnt know wat s*x was until 4th grade.

Answer 26

No i don't think that they should have sexual awareness. They have an idea but they are not ready to grasp the extent to which s*x can arise to

Answer 27

um yes and no.

there are a lot of sexual predators out there, so i think parents should warn their kids of red flags, but not make them paranoid. as for schools and deep sexual education NO they do not need to know this and furthermore i think it may damage them if they do know about sexual education so early. They arent mature enough to handle it.