Sexual education in kindergarden?

Question

my brother comes home from school telling me that sex is good, but he don't want AIDS. hes like 6 yrs old

Answer 1

I'm not aware that children at age 6 are receiving any official/formal training in sex education.

My concern at this point is that the child is learning this from another student or worse yet, an adult who is not authorized to do this sort of teaching.

I might want to sit down with the parents of this child in a comfortable non aggressive/threatening environment and find out what the child meant when he said this and where he gained this information.

This can range from the simple act of bringing the matter to teachers and administration at the school to the leveling of charges against an adult who had less than pleasant intentions with the child.

Good luck with this.

Love as always,

Sebastian

Answer 2

Hey! Well in this day and time that doesn't surprise me! I know it may seem to be sick to know that at the age 6 but, kindergarten is not teaching that much detail about sex yet. ( I hope) You would never imagine what a child hears or watches on the TV. As previously stated he may have heard it some where else. I think by you being the oldest you should take the initiative to explain the pros's and con's. I've learned growing up that we will listen to someone closer to our age rather than someone way older than us. Also tell your parent or you your self needs to talk to the teacher about it but don't jump to conclusions because kids words are not as trustworthy as they use to be. Good Luck!

Answer 3

Make sure you have all the info. I'm a teacher...I have never heard of a school system giving info. to kindergardeners on sex ed. Sounds like your parents need to talk with your brother and make sure of who and where he heard it from, and then go to the teacher. If the teacher said something about it...go to the principal. Something needs to happen.

Answer 4

That's just wrong. Do they really expect 6 year olds to be having sex? The only sex education in kindergarden should be identifying fully clothed males and females. He could have heard it from one of his classmates.

Answer 5

My daughter had sex ed in 1st grade, shes 6. It basically tells kids what ways that AIDS can be transmitted and ways you cant get get it, but it does NOT talk about sex

Answer 6

Yes we do teach sex ed in kindergarten but we only teach the 5 senses and how germs affect you and sometimes the food groups. Your brother has been talking to other kids and learning things that you don't want him to... time for "THE talk"

Answer 7

I find that really sad. What has happened to childhood innocence? I'm all for excellence in education, but I feel that simply starting earlier and earlier is not the answer to the problem. I agree with other answers that your parents should know about this, and if you are worried, talk to them about it.

Answer 8

I think that this type of education would be beneficial to help children of this age know what's appropriate and what's not. Think about it children this age get molested all of the time but are not familiar with the subject or are too uncomforatable to know how to handle it. If they are taught to know what's appropriate and what's not then they would know they could confide in an adult.

Answer 9

Sex education should be the parents' responsibility...it should not be in schools. Parents have a duty to teach their children morality.

I've heard of this one school teaching KINDERGARTNERS how to use Saran Wrap in place of a condom! How messed up is that?

Answer 10

i don't think that it is a good idea to teach sexual education in kindergarden. kids need to be kids and not grow up to quickly. besides they probably don't understand what they are learning about anyway.