Sex education?

Question

Should this matter be implemented in schools to educate children and teenagers? What do u think?

Answer 1

Yes, some parents don't teach it to their children. I think it's good for kids to learn about the their body's and STD's.

Answer 2

Personally I think it is up to the parents to give their children a proper sex education. Though since most parents miserably fail at this job the next best place would be in school. Schools however don't make children, parents do! Which simply means that every question that children come up with should be answered by their parents first. The school sex-ed should be an addition to what the parents have already passed to their children, ideally speaking.

How simple is it to have sex and make babies and when the babies ask where they come from to answer to that?

Answer 3

Absolutely. Definitely by the time a kid is in high school.
I attended one of the schools where we were taught abstinence only and it really did not help anything at all. Kids these days are obviously going to have sex. The percent of kids having sex by the end of high school has been at 50 for quite a long time now. I think we need someone telling them exactly what kind of birth control does what. Just look at the surveys where 15% of girls between 14-16 thought that The Pill protected from STD's and HIV. Kids just need to be taught how to be careful. You're not going to stop anyone from having sex by showing them graphic pictures of what STD's do (altho that should be part of the education as well). Kids will be kids and they will have sex, whether the schools want to admit it or not. And many kids will be ignorant and have no clue how to protect themselves because it's not something the average kid is going to want to ask his or her parent.

Answer 4

I believe that sex ed (information on STDs, safe sex practices, and the human reproductive system) is very important with the growing teen population have sex younger and younger that they should at least be educated on how to do it without as much risk.
I am not scorning other teens for this.

I also believe that more graphic content should be left and it should be confined to high schools, and taken with a signed permission from a parent or legal guardian.
It may not be the most fun course you take this year, but hopefully you can learn a thing or two if your are taught properly.

Answer 5

Absolutely! This whole thing with abstinence only isn't gonna cut it. If teenagers want to have sex they are going to, regardless of what they are taught in sex education. Do you really think that a teenager is going to stop sex in the heat of the moment because abstinence only was preached in school? No they won't. What will happen is that they will have sex and not know how to protect themselves.

Contrary to belief, this won't encourage premarital sex. I was taught growing up (by my parents) that premarital sex is wrong. I was still taught sex education in school and learned about condoms and birth control and you know what? My husband is the only person I've had sex with. Not because i was taught abstinence only, but because I has strong convictions about premarital sex. (instilled in me by my Parents)

If you don't want sex education taught to your child, or if you think it should be taught at home, you can sign a form saying they can't participate. There are other children whose parents don't care enough, or are too embarrassed to talk about sex with their child though. The only place they'll get valuable info about protecting themselves is at school through sex-ed.

Answer 6

At least, it may be soemthing more up-to-date than whatever emotional baggage the parents may be bringing along with them in the education. I think this is something that starts early on. If they have not done anything by the time the kid reaches his tweens, that should give a pretty good clue.

Answer 7

I don't know where you are from but it is already in the schools where I live. It has been in the schools for at 20 years. There are pros and con's to this. The pro is that it teaches them about safety and safe sex. The con is that safety (kids think they are free to do whatever they want sexual wise), and safe sex (same reason stated before).

Answer 8

I believe this is already happening in schools - in a perfect world it would be so great if children could just be able to learn and understand from a good home and family imput.

Answer 9

This is all opinion, but I honestly think so. Unfortunately there are so many uncaring parents around that they won't teach there kids what the results of pre-marital intercourse can do, so the schools do it for them.

Answer 10

I think insted of learning about sex you should be learning how to drive I mean its a dangerous road out there you dont need to be having sex when your in 6th or 7th grade or learning about it I mean come on people!

plus if they need to know just buy them the most 25 questions asked about sex the true anwsers by carol marsh insted of that pressure of telling them about it.