What do you think about the age at which sex is introduced in schools in the US?

Question

Is it not too early. Is this not one of the reasons we have lots of drop outs. Every one knows how kids do things. Tell them something, they want to try it, they want to know how it works, then think about the consequencies later. Most of them get pregnated between the age of 14 and 16. How can they take care of those children when they themselves are still kids. Lets say there was no welfare system in this country what will they do.Some do realize their mistakes and correct it, but most dont, send them back to school no result and by the time most are 18 they have two to three kids with different dads and those kids also grow up following the same foot steps.

Answer 1

Sex education should be introduced in the educational system at the first grade. It should be taught with age appropriate lessons.

Sex education should be taught at home beginning as soon as a child can understand the simple stuff and continue at age appropriate levels.'

Answer 2

In California they introduce this late in 4th grade - not from a sex ed point of view, but from a biological point of view. Kids are already starting to talk about it so it makes sense to address it up front rather than let speculation run wild. It gave me a great opportunity to then have some very open discussions with my daughter - not just about sex, but about what's going to happen soon to her body (and emotions) and where that fits into life overall. My personal opinion is that the minute a child has an interest in the subject, it's time to talk about it.
Is it possible that the reason that some kids get pregnant so early is due to a lack of education rather than too much of it?

Answer 3

Just because you learn about something doesn't necessarily mean you're going to try it. Kids are taught about the dangers of running into traffic; they don't try it.

It's not like they're living in some vacuum where they never get exposed to sex. It's best that they get educated, in an age-appropriate manner, starting very early.

Just a small example, search for the amount of girls on here who ask "could I be pregnant?"

Answer 4

i don't think that by telling kids about sex will cause them to go out and get pregnant. a lot of it is probably from entertainment: look at how many music artists and movie stars have sex in their movies or music videos. You think that that's not an influence?? also it's not like if you don't tell your kids about it when they're 12, which is when i really learned about it at school, that they're not going to find out for themselves, especially when we're living in the age of the Internet and computers! so, to answer your question, no, it's not too early.

Answer 5

Sex needs to be introduced in early middle school. By high school kids are already having unprotected sex, partially because no one ever told them how to be safe. Sex ed should start in sixth grade and, if taught well, maybe the number of pregnant teenagers would be reduced.

Answer 6

I think it is important to inform children of the practices of safe sex and sex education.And what the consequences are of having sex before marriage such as pregnancy, STD's etc.
We need to inform our children at home of course however, so many parents are unable or unwilling to do so. And this leaves the children with unanswered questions and they will seek the answers from their peers or television. Sex is everywhere, unfortunately it is a part of the American culture. Being informed with the correct information is very empowering. And allows children or young adults to make wiser informed decisions.

Answer 7

The problem is that these days, the children are taught about abstinence only and STDs. The message is you go around having sex after you are married, and only for procreation, not for recreation. And that you will get an STD and die. At my school, not one word of birth controll was taught.

These children then grow older, and hear about sex, from television, from music, and from what they hear on the street and from others. They then experiment, and get pregnant becuase they don't know any better.

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Answer 8

mostly you are right BUT when schools introduce "sex" they tell students what it is, what happens when they do these things and the consequences of their actions.
so most kids would try these thing's they know exactly what will happen now and later in life.

so it is only the kids' fault.

another option is for schools not to explain these things, and for the kids to learn from experience what the consequences are and by that time it will be too late for them to change what is happening.

Answer 9

If you are talking about sex education,it should be introduced in schools when kids are pre teens.If introduced when boys are 14 or girls are 10,it is too late,They already have more experience than their teachers.

Answer 10

I think when sexual education is introduced in schools is not to early in fact I think it should be taught earlier. Children nowadays are growing up quickly. Things that are taught in school should re- taught by the parents at home.