should the schools teach sex ed sooner?

Question

I took sex ed sophomore year in high school. Girls are getting pregnant at the age of 13!!! Which is 8th grade for most students, Why arent the schools requiring sex education at a younger age. Half of these girls dont even know there is a chance they could get pregnant, or how it happens. Seems like boys are sticking their willies anywhere they can these days not knowing any of the risks, pregnancy, STD's etc. Children are becoming parents! Its insane! Why isnt someone doing something?

Answer 1

i definatly agree and if i had had my period at age 12 i could have become pregnant because i didnt no what i was doing

Answer 2

Unfortunately, they should consider teaching the sex ed at an earlier age. Maybe then the kids of this generation, and the ones to come, will have a better knowledge of birth control and know the risks of disease and infection. Abortion is all to easy to have now a days, and the girls who are running to Planned Parenthood aren't even required to have the consent of their parents. Hopefully, things will get better. I say this because if the sex ed is taught earlier than norm, some of the innocent minds will become curious to performance of sex, and will be more likely to act out those curiosities. It's really a double edged sword.

Answer 3

In 6th grade at my school we had "sex ed" for a day. But they didn't tell us about sex! The boys went to a male teacher's classroom and the girls went to a female teacher's classroom. All they told us was about puberty though. Then in 8th grade we had "sex ed" again. The girls and boys were split up again. And all they told us that time was about periods, wet dreams, our female teacher made us walk down the school hallways in a group singing "penis penis penis, testes testes testes, clitoris clitioris coitoris, vulva vulva vulva, vagina vagina vagaina" It was SOOOOO embarassing to all of us girls. The guys didn't have to do that and they made fun of us. We knew all the parts of men and women, but the teacher never told us what to do with those parts. All she said was "Don't have sex. It will get you pregnant and you could get STD's." And that was that. I was in second grade (I think) when I found out about sex. I had heard about it in first grade and didn't get up the nerve to ask until a while later. My mom, being a nurse, answered all of my questions. I pretty much knew everything I needed to know and it didn't scar me for life. I grew up knowing "Hey, he may not really love me so I don't have to have sex if I don't want to" unlike all those other girls who get pregnant at 13 or 14. I don't think it would be too early to let kids know in at least 4th grade or 5th grade. Because that's when we all go completely boy crazy or girl crazy. I think that if children were more educated they wouldn't have children of their own. If girls knew that they could get pregnant when they start their period then they would probably be more careful. I'm in nursing school right now and about a month ago one of my teachers brought an article to class about a little girl starting her period at the age of 5. Holy Cow!!! 5!! I couldn't believe it. Girls are starting their periods younger and younger now and it's scary because it's possible for 5 year olds to get pregnant! If a 5 year old got pregnant she would probably die because her body is so small and not yet ready to carry a baby, even though she can get pregnant. But yes, I think schools should teach sex ed sooner. And not just about puberty....They need to teach the real deal. Maybe if they scare the kids with horror stories about STD's they wouldn't have it until they were a lot older.

Answer 4

The parents shouldn't depend on the schools to educate their children about sex. Parents should be involved in their children's lives so they DONT get pregnant at 13!

Answer 5

I lived in the netherlands and there they arfe really open.. We got our sex talk at 10 years old and wel in the Netherlands there isnt a high rate of pregnancy. I think people here are just scared of the topic and think that if they dont know they wont do it... The teens will still do it but just they are not informed and see what happens!!!

Answer 6

Amen. This is what I think. Teachers feel too weird to tell their students that it's bad to have sex at such a young age. They use other words to say it and for some students, it doesn't make sense. This girl was 16 and was ignored by her parents and she had done it a lot, but she had no idea it was bad to have sex at such a young age. Her teachers never said anything.

Answer 7

I think age-appropriate sex education should begin as soon as the child shows any curiosity. That's usually around age 4 or 5.

Answer 8

I'm in 8th grade and am waiting for the school to talk to us about this. Their not doing any thing cuz they think we're to young when i was in 6th 3 8th graders got pregnant. think they would learn. But they have to spend money on books an' stuff. They to cheap.

Answer 9

I honestly think it's the parents' responsibility to teach their children these things, but, since parents have shown that they can't be responsible and expect everyone else to raise their children for them, I guess we do need early childhood sex education. Isn't it sad?

Answer 10

No, I believe it is the parents' job to teach their children the facts of life.

Along with the inappropriate touching and how to say No, or whatever the politically correct phrase for it is nowadays.

Answer 11

At my school, we started learning about sex and our bodies in 4th and 5th grade and continued learning as we got older. I think it helped the students understand better about their growing bodies.