Upon reading these kid's questions I feel like there is NOWHERE near enough sex education in schools?

Question

seriously, shouldn't they teach these little idiots about STD's? Its like they don't care if they have a disease but they worry about being pregnant all of the time!
What do you think?

Answer 1

This is, of course, is political too. At a school where I taught, we were only allowed to teach abstinence. Period! This was the official view of the Chicago school district. I often closed my door, and taught a proper sex ed class, with free Q & A sessions, and you would NOT believe some of the questions they would come up with.

Answer 2

Actually I think the bigger problem is that we are counting on schools to educate children about sex. Our culture has become unbelievably dependent on it being 'someone else's' responsibility (preferably government) to take care of little things like raising children for us. I love how people always complain about what a piss-poor job our education system is doing, while at the same time assigning greater and greater duties to it. (Sorry, part of a much greater rant.. )

Anyway, a big part of the problem is lack of information, for sure.
There used to be a great website for young people called allaboutsex.org, but it closed down a couple years ago. (You can probably still read most of it at the Internet Archive - www.archive.org. And of course, if any preteens/teens reading this are interested, look it up.)

I think the overall solution is to take back responsibility for educating our children, find information and resources to get the job done, and do it. I have no problem with a public school teaching a kid the multiplication tables, but I have no illusions at all that they should have any input into such personal growth areas as human sexuality.

Answer 3

I think that calling them idiots doesn't help. If they don't know something, how can you blame them for not understanding the risks?!

Of COURSE the schools don't teach enough! They don't have all the time in the world, unfortunately, to devote to sex education. I never got "the talk" from my parents, and neither did my siblings. When my brother was getting to that age, I talked to him about it.

When I was that age, I talked to my best friend's mom about it, because I didn't want to talk to my own mother.

I think that they should be able to talk to a trusted adult, but with this new generation, they aren' likely to do that. The best option is to give them the best info you can, and back it up with a website. With the new batch of teenagers out there, they are more inclined to get their info from the web. Might as well make it a trusted and accurate website, than getting their info from Yahoo! Answers.

Not that everyone gives wrong info on here, but the wrong info that is given is REALLY wrong.

Answer 4

Parents rightly assert their right to control their kids' knowledge of sex. However, they err on the side of embarrassment, and by the time the kids see all the sex, drugs and hate on TV, the parents haven't even thought about how'll they'll broach the subject (if ever). Now, in schools, the admin has to worry about the safety of other kids. If some kids are spreading their TV (example) born knowledge of sex and drugs, and the other kids are now exposed to sexuality, possibly rape, possibly a little pot, STD's, guns etc. how can an environment escalating in those issues foster education let alone safety? It can't. Against my instinct, I have to applaud the schools for dealing with it. The parents ain't.
The religious approach to sexuality is ignorant. Period. People who try to be good and stick to traditional values (a lot of which ARE good values) have bee indoctrinated in embarrassment and shame about sex, and as a result our kids are being taught by the worst of society, instead of their parents. The worst can be seen with TV, movies, music, the influence of kids whose parents are way too LOOSE with their discipline. Those are the kids informing all the other kids about all the great sex, drugs etc. but those kids are just parroting, they really don't know what they're dealing with either.

We're taught to have our natural desires as sinful so we'll ignore them or not deal with them healthily, and as a result, we become ignorant "sinners", who seem to can't help themselves. But you can't repress your humanity, when you do it "comes out sideways." A great way for authority to keep saying "See, you (humanity) ARE sinful." Repent now.

Answer 5

you can have sex education in the schools teaching you about STD and how to take precautions but how are these kids going to take the precautions not to give something to someone else or take the precautions not to get someone pregnant becoming a new mom or dad to soon when most doctors offices and clinics wont give them the said precautions without parents consent and most don't have an allowance to buy the over the counter precautions

Answer 6

Sex is as big a part of life as reading, writing etc. But not only schools but parents have failed to realize young people are people period. People ARE sexual beings. US has the highest teen std and pregnancy rate of any developed nation. Older people try to pretend young people are not sexual beings and if they pretend it does not happen it will go away. When young people learn to drive everyone is So forthcoming with the safety advice etc., well sex is just another part of a young persons life but when it comes to protection etc., allot of parents and our government take the ignorance approach. Young people have sex, always have had sex and always WILL have sex if they so desire. Anyone pretending otherwise is an ignorant moron.

Answer 7

I remember when i was in high school in the 90's all they talked about was STD's. We didn't have that many pregnancies but it still happened. I think STD's should be talked about more, these kids could be walking around with stuff they don't even have and spreading it all over town.

Answer 8

initially, sex ed should be taught AT HOME. and it should continue with age appropriate conversations as the kid gets older. as society changes, school districts must change as well. otherwise, you end up with an "epidemic" due to ignorance, curiosity and the desire to experiment. at the high school level, seeing pregnant girls is almost "the norm." go figure!

Answer 9

i agree,but there's not enough in the homes either.i have heard mothers say my kids don't do that, well they do.its just real life. i think kids should be able to talk openly with their parents,and ask for birthcontrol and advise.just don't do it doesn't work.they need the pros and cons.

Answer 10

couldnt agree more thats why i have taught my kids right from wrong...but just to be safe my girls are going on the depo shot....they wont get preg AND it kills sex drive, kind of a two for one deal.lol