What is your opinion on sex ed in schools?

Question

What I mean by sex ed is NOT abstinence only. I mean actually teaching students about SAFE sex, pregnancy and STD's. I am so sick of seeing girls ask such stupid questions because they don't have the correct information. I really believe it should be taught in all schools so that these girls (and guys) can protect themselves better. It's just so frustrating to read some of these questions because they honestly don't know. What is your opinion and why?? And if you don't think sex ed should be in schools, then parents need to step up and talk to their children...

Answer 1

I agree... however, it shouldn't be left to just the schools to dish out (in an ideal world- the parents should talk about this). When I was in 9th grade (forever ago) we did have sex ed, where they taught you how to use condoms, about STDs, and about all kinds of birth control. We had to watch the movie, the Miracle of Birth (which is a very graphic video about birth). I don't know why they don't do that anymore... I think it was very valuable growing up. Especially since many parents DON'T talk to their kids. Parents balked at having the sex ed in the classroom then, and now they are wondering why all these teens (and even pre-teens) are getting pregnant and having NO idea HOW it happened! Scary!! We need to put sex ed back in the classroom.

Answer 2

I strongly agree with sex ed being taught at schools. A majority of parents these days try so hard to shelter their kids from the realities that they will probably face during the time they are blossoming, sex being one of them. Since the age that some girls are getting pregnant is so young, I think they should start teaching it as early as the fourth or fifth grade. Young girls and boys alike are ten times more likely to get STD's than an adult. A 12 year old having a baby is not a thrilling site. Teenagers, like all teenagers think they know everything and think they are invincible, so this would definitely give them a reality check before it's too late. It would help them realize how much more they have to look forward to and to try and enjoy life before having a baby. Nobody can stop teenagers from having sex, so they way to go about it is to teach them how to protect themselves from the consequences of sex and the responsibilities that go along with it.

Answer 3

I am a teacher and a parent and I think Sex Ed should be taught in all schools and more frequently in higher grades. When I went to school we got it for the first time in grade 5 and then not until grade 11 again. I think that schools need to start addressing teh problems of teenage sex and prepare these students for what they are getting into and give them the right tools to be safe and not get pregnant. I think it should be a mandatory part of phys. ed or family studies starting in grade7 and up. Our students and kids need to know what's out there and how to protect themselves, there is so much to learn about it al why aren't we providing all of the information for them and helping them through it?

Answer 4

There are parents out there believe it or not that can't or just won't have these conversations with their children. Some just don't care, or really are very uncomfortable with it. I like the fact that the school systems are taking a stand and providing these kids with the information. Idealistic as it sounds maybe, just maybe it can make a differance in a teens life...pregnancy, AIDS and all of the other STDS out there..it's a scary world for the unknowing.

Answer 5

I'm all for sex ed in schools! I talk to my kids freely about all kinds of things and as they get bigger I will defiantly be educating them about sex. Having a back up like sex ed in school is important.
I personally think that the expectation of abstinence is foolish. Condoms are a much more practical approach. I hope my kids stay virgins at least until college, but who knows what choices they will make. If they are going to make the choice to have sex, I would most certainly want them to be protected.
Like they say 'Information is power" I want my kids to have the power & bennifit of sex ed.

Answer 6

I think you are right. Parents need to educate their children, and if they don't want to, then there should be a program they can put their child into to teach them about it. It is sad at how many people don't want to take responsibility and teach their children...I mean abstinence is the best, but if they aren't going to do it, then they should know how to be safe about it. It shouldn't be mandatory, since some parents feel they want to educate them on their own which is fine...it is what should happen...but they should have a course for those parents who would rather have someone else talk about it with their kids.

Answer 7

Sometimes what kids learn in school is all the info that they get. Too many parents are afraid to talk to their kids about sex. I also think that they need to start having sex ed at a younger age. There are too many 11 & 12 year-olds out having sex, so I think by age 10 they need to have their first class. I hate it when I hear about a 11 or 12 year-old getting pregnant.

Answer 8

I believe they should offer it in all schools. When I was in school we started sex ed in the 4th grade. I think kids need an outside source besides their parents to teach them this, I would think they would be more likely to listen closer to someone else. Instead of having the teacher they have everyday do it they should have someone else come in and talk to the students about it as it would be a new face and whenever we had people do assemblies in school I believe the students paid more attention to them.

Answer 9

I have a 12 year-old daughter. They didn't have sex ed in her school, but they did have a small talk to them...Imagine my surprise when she asked the difference between oral sex and reproductive sex.
Now, I don't know how much detail they went into, but I'm a firm believer in talking to your children about sex, std's, pregnancy and what can happen when you become sexually active.
Personally, if they aren't going to make the children take boy/girl segregated sex ed classes, then they need to make them watch some of the shows about teens having sex and pregnancy. I make my children watch Discovery Heath network and childbirth along with the movies about teen pregnancy. They're smart y'all. If we don't talk to them and teach them...they're going to learn the wrong thing from their friends. Had I known then what I know now, maybe I would have made better choices in my life.

Answer 10

Of course parents should talk to their children- my mom never bothered to tell me that I would suffer from bleeding every month, imagine my shock when I learned this in school!
The stuff we got in school didn't really cover everything that should have been covered, so I was pretty much ignorant...good thing that I was brought up in a very religious household that wouldn't tolerate sex before marriage...but then when I left at the age of 21 I got a bit too intimate with my first boyfriend. I'm still with him, and we are engaged, but now we have a daughter too.