Spiritually speaking whose job do you believe it is to teach our children about reproduction and s*x?

Question

It seems that all of us feel parents are responsible. On that we agree and for the record my children are taught the complete truth of reproduction and we do home school.

Answer 1

It is the parents responsibility, however not every child is so lucky to have parents who will, or even who can do it correctly. Abstinence should always be encouraged but s*x education should go further than that. When I was in school they had special s*x ed. classes a few times a year and everyone had to get parental consent. I do think birth control should be taught and there should be a large emphasis put on STDs. Personally I think having a kid out there spreading AIDS is far more scary than someone getting pregnant. I don't think they should even begin to cover adoption or abortion but instead focus on teaching kids how to remain safe in case they one night decide they can't resist temptation.

Answer 2

I've never heard of a s*x-ed class teaching that premarital s*x or abortion is okay. I think they just operate on the assumption that many teenagers are going to have s*x anyways so they might as well be informed about the risks of such behavior. Many schools also allow you to opt-out of these classes if you don't want your child to be in them.

Otherwise, homeschooling is always an option. I did that when I felt the school was not properly doing their job.

Answer 3

Schools do not teach that premarital s*x is okay, nor abortion.

These things DO happen though and keeping your kids ignorant about them doesn't do any good.

What are parents like you so afraid of anyways? Information? How is this stuff harmful?

I go over my kids school work and class discussions regularly. If anything comes up I think needs further discussion, then we sit down and talk about it until I feel certain that they understand and until they feel confident about their understanding of it. That is what parenting is. Even at a fairly young ages my kids tell me they feel like they learn more from me than they do from their teachers, as if it is surprising to them. But it should be that way. We should be involved. Teachers are humans too and they can make mistakes or say things that we think they should not say. Communicate with your kids and you abolish any problems.

We can't hide our kids away from all the things we disagree with in the world and then expect them to go out into the world at 18 and know how to transverse it responsibly and knowledgeably. Those who do this are doing their kids a huge disservice.

Answer 4

Parents and the church.

The main responsibility is with the parents but the church needs to reinforce the parents.

Answer 5

It is the parents' responsibility to teach their children about contraception and s*x.

Since many parents have shirked this responsibility, it has fallen on teachers.

Answer 6

According to God it is the parents responsibility so I'd have to go along with that.

Answer 7

The parent's duty. Unless, of course, they're perverts themselves.

Answer 8

it is my job to teach my son about that stuff.  I didn't think it was going to come as soon as it did but at age 10 he got questions.  

Answer 9

Parents... but it must be complete and the truth...

Answer 10

I think it is the parent's responsibility to teach their children the morality behind what they believe in reproduction. I also think they should teach their children about it.

But, unfortunately, most parents do not do this, and it is the school's responsibility as part of Biology to teach about reproduction. It's a whole unit, and it moved from asexual reproduction in organisms to humans.

It became necessary however, when most people knew nothing about STDs, and deaths from syphilis spiked higher than they had since the discovery of penicillin because it had gone untreated for so long.

I was never taught about abortion in my health class at all, pre or post Christian school.

Answer 11

If it cannot be taught in biology, it shouldn't be taught at school.  

These people who think it's the job of the school to be teaching "values" to our children are the same ones fighting the hardest to keep Christians values out.

It's my job as a mom.  Since I brought the child into the world, I think I know how the whole thing is done.  Plus, if my child messes up and becomes a parent, I get the responsibility anyway, right?

Answer 12

I totally agree with you, Faustina.  Parents have this responsibility, primarily.  I'm also fine with the mechanics of reproduction and disease being taught in school, but morality issues surrounding s*x, contraception, and abortion are absolutely something for the FAMILY to pass on, not schools.

Answer 13

I think it is my job to teach my son about s*x. But not all parents teach their kids about s*x, birth control and std's. So the schools do it to try to cut down on teenage pregnancies and disease. They need to be educated about the consequences of having s*x and some parents don't step up to the plate on this issue.

Answer 14

Parents job- but parents need to be open about it.

Answer 15

Parents and Church.  Premartiel s*x is not ok  families should be connected to their parish and pasrish school.  there is a geat book by the supreme knifht of Kof C. called "A civilization of Love: What every catholic can do to Transofrm the World".  In it he makes the point that morality is no longer taught in th epublic scholls as it was, so catholic schools are our last hope int his regard.

Answer 16

I believe it will be my job to teach my children, if my husband and I are ever blessed with them, about s*x and reproduction. When the time comes, if the school sends a permission slip home asking for permission to teach my child about these things, I will ask to look over the material first. If it is up to my standards, then I will give my permission.

Fortunately, in the school district we live in, Planned Parenthood has been BANNED from teaching s*x-ed in public schools. Like you, I don't believe anyone has the right to teach children that premarital s*x, often as young as ten, is okay, and especially so with abortion! That's why I don't approve of sites like Teenwire, run by Planned Parenthood. On the main screen, you can just click on hearts and lips and just toss them around, sending our youth the message that their hearts don't matter, and neither does who they kiss, let alone who they do other things with.

And do we REALLY want to send a message like that to our kids?  

Answer 17

Animals.

They just do it right in front of whoever whenever.

Answer 18

parents cannot do this they always think if they talk about it the kids will go out and do something foolish.  Reproduction should be taught by a professional who is outside the box. It should be a progressive class that includes family dynamics..home management..family finances ..and yes i'll say it birth control options...god said be fruitful and multiply but he gave us wisdom and knowledge to know we shouldn't be rabbits..that's just me.  

Answer 19

In an ideal world, parents would teach their children the biological aspects, emotional and moral aspects of human sexuality. however, we do not live in such a world so it has fallen upon the schools to teach s*x ed.

I do not have an issue with s*x ed being taught in schools, however I do have issue with some of the content these s*x ed programs teach.School should teach the reproductive and biological aspects of s*x. Schools should teach about the emotional aspects of s*x, along with parents. Parents should be teaching their children the moral aspects of s*x. Schools should not teach this .They should teach a non-judgemental biological approach.Currently, where I live teachers are required to teach that pre-martial s*x, teenage s*x(!) and homosexual s*x are all moral. Even though teenage s*x is illegal!!!They also teach that there are three perfectly appropriate alternatives for unplanned pregnancies and all area morally equal. I do no think that the school can tell my children that abortion is moral.

Schools do teach this, it may vary from state and province. Parents need not be afraid to talk to their children about s*x, because someone else already is.

Answer 20

Well, I agree that in the first place, is is the parents' responsibility. In a second place, the school

Answer 21

The parents -- just as it is their responsibility to teach them manners, work ethics, etc.  Too many parents think s*x is a dirty topic, and avoid it.  With all the influence of TV, music, and other media, the parents need to be more proactive and positive when they talk about it as a privilege with boundaries.  If they are confident about their own morals, it may just leave an open door for the kids to come back to them with questions.

Answer 22

I believe that Parents are ultimately responsible for teaching their own children about life in all its aspects, s*x being one of them.

We know though that not all parents are responsible and do not teach their children.  Someone has to teach these children, and thus it falls to the schools and teachers. I do not believe teachers have as much influence on the children as the parents do, and therefore these children are at risk.

Now spiritually speaking, God will hold all parents responsible for what they did and didn't teach their children.

Answer 23

Mine.

But not all children are lucky enough to have responsible, loving parents.  

So I do think anatomy, reproduction, abstinence, birth control, emotional aspects of having s*x, social issues related to s*x, and the possible consequences of having s*x (STD, pregnancy, cervical cancer, etc.) should all be taught in school.  

But I don't think Planned Parenthood should be in schools at all.  I also don't think the schools should be handing out contraceptives.  Teach the kids about them, but send the girls to the doctor for birth control and the boys to the store to buy their own condoms.  Make them personally responsible for their decisions when it comes to s*x.  It's not like there is an age limit for buying condoms.