What grade/age do you think your child should be learning s*x education?

Question

This is for a school survey so please be serious no funny stuff.

Answer 1

The earlier the better.  I'd say 10 is good.

The parents who are loudest about telling the schools "let me teach my kid about s*x" are the ones who are scared as h**l to actually talk to their kids about s*x for fear of feeling embarrassed by the subject.  Boomers have been especially bad at this.

Answer 2

well i learned it when i was like 10 years old.

Answer 3

Junior High is early enough, especially for boys.  They don't have the maturity before then to appreciate it, and without a moral context, you are inviting experimentation.

Answer 4

When I was in school s*x ed wasn't taught until 7th grade.

I think that was so wrong even back then. I started puberty very young and if I had known about all that stuff and what to do I would not have gone through the emotional turmoil of thinking that I was going to die in the school bathroom.

I believe that parents should have more involvment with their childrens education especially when it comes to that. Unfortunately most parents don't care and believe that it is the governments responsibility to educate and raise their children.

I think that with all the things wrong in the world today, with teen pregnancies and p*****n pregnancies, and everything else that goes on of the sexual nature should be taught in 4th grade and all through out school not just once. I think that if our children were more educated on the subject that we wouldn't have all the problems that we have when it comes to s*x.

This is my feeling on it....

s*x is fun, our children are going to have s*x no matter what we say, so why not give them all the facts and let them make an informed decision about it. After all the decision of when, where, how, and with what, or whom, is not up to us its up to our kids. I think that if we inform our kids they will make better choices.

Answer 5

parents should talk about s*x education from when they feel their children are ready to understand.

i'm planning on telling my kids about boyfriends/girlfriends when they enter elementary school ... i know some might think thats early, but it isn't like I'm going to start talking about sexual things and how to's, just basics of boyfriends/girlfriends ... As they get older, I'll start adding in information about s*x.

Answer 6

i learned it in 5th grade.

Answer 7

I think about 10 or so, when puberty, if it has not began, will begin soon. I remember my first s*x ed class was in 6th grade.

Answer 8

1st grade. Yes, I am being completely serious. THe earlier the kids are educated about how babies are made, how our bodies work, etc, the better off they will be when the time comes. I think it should be a part of the curriculum from 1st grade on, and by 4th or 5th grade the students need to understand completely how it works, what could happen, what birth control is, and so on. As soon as a child is old enough to ask "Mommy, where do babies come from?" That's when they need to be taught the truth. No stork nonsense or the vague "out of mommy's tummy" answer.

This of course not only includes where babies come from and how our reproductive systems work, but also what is okay at the little one's age (Mommy or a doctor might touch you if you're sick or hurt, or touch babies who need to be changed or washed, etc) and what is bad. (No one else should touch you a certain way for any reason, and if they do and it makes you uncomfortable, you need to tell someone) and so on.

Something parents could do to have more control is to be allowed to review the curriculum, and sign papers or whatever saying that they want their child to enter the class at a later age, or something.

Answer 9

I am very serious; I do not think it should be taught in schools as a subject at all.

This is for the parents to decide based on their beliefs, morals, and values.

Teaching children properly about such issues is an ongoing process as they grow, and mature, this is something that is taught in stages, and each of those stages, as well as the child's maturity level are different.

Leave the child rearing to the parents, and let the schools for heavens sake focus on academics.

Answer 10

I also think it should be taught as early as possible in a way that children can relate to and need to know, such as who should be touching them where and how and when.  They need to hear this information.  Unfortunately, it is not always being taught at home.  They need to hear over and over again that if they are involved in something inappropriate who to tell about it.  Today is NOT 50 years ago.

Answer 11

you know this is a loaded ??? Does s*x education also cover being touched inappropraitely or rape? or is it consintual s*x between oppisite s*x. I think something very light should be done early about molastation. But I think s*x ed class about 10-12 WITH PARENTS APPROVAL. This is an issu that does need family values passed on but we also need to remember not all family values are the same.