My nephew saw the puberty video this week in school. He said that he learned more stuff and said it was nasty (I expected that), but he said one of his friends that was a girl that saw the female version and said she learned a little about male puberty. He wondered why the girls learned about the boys, but the boys didn't know anything about the girls. Can't say I blame him.
2006-10-14 16:38:55 · 7 answers · asked by alexdabomb401 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
i don't know your son and he might be an exception but i think they don't show that to boys because they are not as mature and can't handle it and will make fun of the girls
2006-10-14 16:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by lylitalianbeauty 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This could depend on how old your nephew is. If he's in the 11-12 range, he's not really ready to learn about female puberty yet. Girls of that age, however, may have already begun their menstruation and do need to know a bit about male puberty.
It's quite possible there will be more information made available to the boys when they are a little more mature.
2006-10-14 16:48:52 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure the school will teach him more as he goes into other grades. We learned the basics in 2-4th grade and then did the split off in 5th grade with detailed gender specific information. As we got into jr high we had health education where we learned together but had split offs again.
I think the school probably has looked into research about when and how to tell the genders everything. Also, the girl may have been told something simple about the male puberty, such as producing sperm, and thought that that's all it was.
2006-10-14 16:50:53 · answer #3 · answered by silvrcraze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he wasn't paying attention when the girl stuff came on... or maybe he forgot... or didn't tell you.
There should be eqality in this, and these guys do need to know about both kinds of puberty. Maybe the parent should ask the teacher, just to make sure that the report he got from the child was accurate.
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2006-10-14 16:47:36 · answer #4 · answered by mia2kl2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it doesn't sound fair, but maybe there is a Part II?
Otherwise, I'd encourage his parents to call the principal and ask about this. Both sexes should learn about BOTH sexes.
As a concerned uncle.... maybe you could ask his parents if you could provide a good, age appropriate book on the subject. I don't know of one off hand, but you could ask about that here.
2006-10-14 16:45:08 · answer #5 · answered by Yinzer from Sixburgh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question, it seems as though they'd teach both sexes and equal amount about the other sex. It might deal with levels of maturity (girls are "supposed" to be more mature than guys). It could be that girls have cycles and breast development during puberty versus a deeper voice for guys during puberty, I dunno.
2006-10-14 16:50:35 · answer #6 · answered by beauty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
girls become maturer at an earlier age and so they probably can handle it easier. plus, the female reproductive system is way more complicated than the male reproductive system and the boys probably wouldnt understand half of what they were saying and why it happens to girls.
2006-10-14 16:49:39 · answer #7 · answered by Julie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋