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Reply With QuoteI know exactly what your saying but I meant teaching it to the older generations which are say, In their last year of education and are about to set off and grow up, get jobs, move out etc ages 16-18
Sex education in schools definitely needs to be rethought. Dunno what it's like these days but it's probably not much better than mine which was basically being shown sanitary towels with loops on them (?), tampons and condoms...
I think you do need to be careful what you allow kids to know too soon as some will just go out and experiment for the sake of it. But in this day and age our kids need to be more sexually aware, I wouldn't like to have the job of getting the balance right!
If you're going to start talking to children about sex then as well as discussing love, STI's, biology, anatomy, gay sex etc you need to talk about sexual predators and paedophiles because it's all very well having these smug 9 years olds looking at each others' body parts and thinking they know everything about sex but they need to be aware that there are adults out there that might try to befriend them because they want to have sex with them. Kids need to be allowed to grow up feeling more equipped to deal with any inappropriate situation instead of feeling embarrassed and unsure of whether it's right or wrong. It might sound extreme but it's like warning them of the dangers of wandering off because they 'might get lost'. I'd hate to scare my child but when he's old enough to know about sex I'll make sure he knows what to be wary of.
Sorry about the rambling... hope you know what I'm trying to say!
I know exactly what your saying but I meant teaching it to the older generations which are say, In their last year of education and are about to set off and grow up, get jobs, move out etc ages 16-18
"You know the way a poem sometimes makes an absurd connectionThat's himLyrically professing his affection...""Never humour a fool for he will think he is a wise man"
The problem is, those kids have already been havign sex for a few years by the time they are that age.Originally Posted by shweedart
I think there needs to be a lot more education about STDs. My best friend just asked me last week what HPV was! She's 32!
When I was growing up all sex ed was was condoms and tampons. And I had no idea how to use either by the time I got to college so the lessons could not have been that clear.
I think the teachers tend to be a bit embarrassed about teaching sex ed to the same class they teach maths to or whatever and rightly so cos kids can crucify teachers at the best of times but during a subject involving sex...hmmm risky especially if the kids think they know it all already!
They really need dedicated sex instructors to share their experiences, maybe alternate between homosexuals, hookers, porn stars, priests etc haha.
The last time I had sex education I was 15 and we had a 'teen health group' people come in and told us a ridiculous story...and it was this short too
*ahem*
A couple were trying to get pregnant but couldn't so they went to the doctors and told him everything they'd tried. They'd been having bellybutton sex. Babies are not made this way
SHOCKING!!!!!
"You know the way a poem sometimes makes an absurd connectionThat's himLyrically professing his affection...""Never humour a fool for he will think he is a wise man"
oh! and wipe front to back...
"You know the way a poem sometimes makes an absurd connectionThat's himLyrically professing his affection...""Never humour a fool for he will think he is a wise man"
This may be telling my age but I dont remember any sex education when I was in school. Well not for the boys, the girls watched some movie and got a bag of goodies but thats all I remember.
I think teens need a very indepth sex ed class
Talk about everything from STD's to abstinance to the way bringing up a child (when your a child) changes your life. Also maybe talks from some wemon and men who had highschool pregnancy's and how it affected their lives ...yes I do realize most boys dont accept responsability... but some do. how it affects college and how it affects your growth into becoming an adult.
Its a hard enough transition without being pregnate.espically with the way alot of familys are now days.
This is my opinion only... but it is what I belive.
If it wasn't for the bad times.... We wouldn't appreciate the good ones!
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