I swear this board is nothing but teen age girls with period questions! Okay, so not really, but man, don't they teach you guys anything in school any more???? Have they completely abandoned the birds and the bees? Are girls literally going through school and never being taught the basic principles of how their bodies are different and how they function??? Short answers: yes, you will eventually get your period unless you are actually a boy with undecended testicles. Yes, it is normal to pass brown dishcharge on your first period. Yes, it very well could be PMS if you have been a b#$%^ for a week and don't know why. Okay, had to get that one off my chest. Sorry if I offended anyone.
2006-11-17 16:20:10 · 10 answers · asked by lilia_164 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
By the way, my view of sex in the U.S.: if they taught driver's ed like they taught sex ed, it would be something like "Don't ever, ever drive a car. Don't ever look at another care. Never learn how to operate a car, never learn how the car works. Just completely avoid driving all together and you will be just fine." Seriously, how is that supposed to teach people to be healthy if all they teach is how to avoid something?
2006-11-17 16:26:26 · update #1
the schools have a wussed-out, abstinence only sex ed program, which no parent will actuall allow their kid to go to, but they still neglect to tell them anything either!
2006-11-17 16:22:46 · answer #1 · answered by parental unit 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Girls may be afraid to ask these questions in school and the teacher does not think to answer. I know when I was in sex ed like 6 years ago I was in a co-ed class. No way was I going to raise my hand and ask. And the teacher never offered. My mother explained everything to me and I always felt comfortable asking her questions no matter what they are. I don't feel that the school board has failed here- I believe parents have. If we do not teach our children- they will ask questions and reach out to others. Thus the kids on this board. At least they are interested to learn about their bodies and feel okay to ask questions and recieve the answers about it. But yes I do believe someone other than strangers should speak with these kids.
2006-11-17 16:27:33 · answer #2 · answered by momofthreemiracles 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the problem is that too many people rely on their children being taught "sex ed" instead of telling their children directly, and teaching them to be responsible. It's not a popular message but abstinence works! I was a virgin until I became engaged at the age of 23, and now I am pregnant with my first child at 26. All it takes is a little common sense and a little self control :)
2016-05-22 00:18:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had sex education in the 5th, 6th, and 7th grade.
In 5th they talked about all about how you get your period, and why.
In 6th I got the surprise that sex was how babies were made. [before i was afraid of crushing on a boy, because i thought i would get pregnant]
And 7th grade was all about STDs.
I am currently in th 9th grade.
The reason that girls are asking about this, is because they didn't pay attention, or they just weren't sure, or they weren't allowed to have the education.
Some, think that if a she doesn't get her period, when all her friends are getting it, there is something wrong with her, and that she might not be normal.
And I heard about PMS, during the education, but that was not what they called it. They called it 'moodiness'. So when girls hear "PMS" they think that it is something different.
About the discharge thing, young girls, get very paranoid, and automatically think that something is wrong, instead of referring to their education.
Plus, remember, that not all girls were allowed by their parents to receive the education. In those households, sometimes, parents aren't open about sex, so the girls stop asking them, and turn to other sources. [magazines, friends, teachers, internet]
The parents apparently don't want to do parenting, and won't let the schools take care of it either.
The parents are to blame, not the schools.
2006-11-17 16:33:22 · answer #4 · answered by navdeepkaur 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think sex ed.should start at home,but lot of parents dont like to tell their kids about stuff like that,so its left up to either what they learn from the streets or in schools.
2006-11-17 17:03:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Aww, shucks... don't you remember what it was like to wait and wait? Or were you one of those girls who got her period at 11 and didn't have any friends who were 13 or 14 and still hadn't got it yet?
2006-11-17 16:24:43 · answer #6 · answered by Singinganddancing 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in my sex ed things they told guys the same things as girls, including PMS n what not. but we were still separated. one year the lady was ms. spatula. one kid asked what she liked 2 please her self with n got suspended. hah!
2006-11-17 16:24:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Public schools all together aren't that great. I home-school my kids.
2006-11-17 16:23:09 · answer #8 · answered by Country 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well said!!!!
2006-11-17 16:41:00 · answer #9 · answered by Poppet 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
wow cool ..
2006-11-17 16:22:46 · answer #10 · answered by Azul 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋