what is the best time for students to teach about sex ?(age)?

Question

Sex is a major problem in schools and universities so how and when we can educate the children’s about sex.

Answer 1

The best rule of thumb is to teach them when they start to ask about it. At some point any kid will ask where babies come from. That's the time to tell them. If we are honest about the practical/medical aspects of sex then we take the "dirtiness" out of it. This will leave the door open later to talk to them about birth control and VD without them automatically shutting down. This is important because ignorance never stopped any teenager from experimenting. The best we can hope for is to limit the consequences.

Answer 2

I agree with Txlady. I teach in a middle school and when kids ask me something I am straight with them. We shouldn't wait until puberty because there are some 6th graders who look like grown women and some who could pass for a 1st grader. Try to be professional and use correct terminology instead of street terms. These kids know way more than they need to and we as adults to make sure they know the responsibilites, risks, and truths of having sex.

Answer 3

The best time to educate children about sex is when they start asking questions and the best place is at home. When my daughter asks questions, I answer them honestly and in age appropriate manner. The only time I don't answer is if it's a question I don't think I can explain in a way she will understand at her age.

Answer 4

as soon as they hit the age of ten, you should start teaching about sex since that is the time when they all start becoming teens and a bit irresponsible for a few years. tell 'em the hazards of it first then all the other... "good sides" and how hard it is to rear children if they have "it" underage.

Answer 5

I don't think you should really hide the facts of life from kids of any age. So, when they ask about it, you should tell them the facts honestly and without embarrassment.

In terms of teaching them in formal lessons at school, you clearly need to do so *before* it becomes a problem. That means before they hit the teens.

The first time my school gave us formal lessons (science-based, rather than moral) I was 9, and I think this was probably about right.

You have to get the basic facts across to kids before they hit puberty, before girls start menstruating and before most of them become sexually active.

Answer 6

My "rule of thumb" may not set with the rules of education. I say, whether children are at home or at school, when they start asking questions. Break it down if they are young. I think children respect adults who don't avoid their questions.

Answer 7

i think its best to teach children when they reach their puberty stage. its better to see our youth handling themselves very well compared seeing them having children at the age of 17!

Answer 8

Any time!

Answer 9

i think from 15 and up