Should Kindgergarteners be taught sex education?

Question

I think that Barack Obama's opinion on letting 5 year old kids be taught sex ed is absurd. What do you think?

Answer 1

how can this even be a question?

the answer is obvious. NO.

the are in KINDERGARTEN. 5 years old. their highest concern is if they will be able to play at recess that day. they will have little interest in it, for they won't know what in the world you're talking about.

the purpose of having 'the sex talk' with a teen, is because their body is changing. they'll be curious. they become more self-conscious and what not. so, the talk is in need for.

having a sex-talk with a 5 year old may seem wise, by educating them before hand. but in the long run, will not be helpful. already teens are having sex, doing drugs, being obnoxious.

by doing so, you're pushing the envelope too far. before you know it, they'll be making sex tapes when they're 10.

and no, i haven't heard anything about Barack Obama's opinion. will definitely google it though.

Answer 2

It would depend on the content of the curriculum.

Children need to be taught some things aren't right. You don't have to get explicit and highly detailed with them.

In these classes they typically talk about positive feelings and bad feelings.

Unfortunately my kindergartener had not one but four classmates that had been victims of sexual abuse. FOUR. So you had kids telling other children to masturbate because it felt good, and asking the other kids to touch and show their private parts.

I was very proud of my daughter and her friend because her little friend said "That is not a good choice, and you shouldn't tell little girls to do those things." Then they got up and walked away and told the teacher what happened.

Both the other parent and myself had already taught basic watered down sex education to our children. The children that didn't have this knowledge were exposed to things they just shouldn't be exposed to and this was by other children the same age as they were.

Answer 3

I think having an issue like this is just another cover over other issues.
Should Kindergartners be taught sex ed? Well, no, duh.
When a question like this gets a response, which of course it is going to, suddenly everyone forgets about the war or the deficit or crumbling society.
Is No Child Left Behind going to be dealt with? What about how much in debt the country is? Is the Iraq war going to end?
Questions like those are averted while 'Sex ed for Kindergartners' raises discussion and debate.
For once I want someone who is going to 'run' and actually wants to be the leader of a country to deal with actual issues that already exist, instead of making new ones.

Answer 4

People ARE being taught sex ed from birth! It's just a question of who do you want to teach the children... Do you want the kids taught by TV (after one date, sex is normal & acceptable), the parents (who may or may not ever do it), the kid next door (who won't explain about birth control!!), the dirty old man up the street (who says "it's our little secret"), or a standard teacher with a 5-year diploma in education of the little ones? You decide....

Answer 5

I think it is a good idea to begin giving young children an understanding of their bodies. How many confused girls are there on this site who don't know how they could become pregnant or what birth control options exist? Its rather sad. Now, I dont mean give the five year olds the same sex ed you would give to a highschooler, but starting to talk about how boys and girls bodies are different would not be a bad idea.

Answer 6

I don't believe that we should be sitting down our kindergarten age kids and having the birds and the bees talk at all, but I do think that it's important to start talking about the very basics at a young age. In a time when people are having sex younger and younger, it's only fitting that we start talking to our children about sex younger and younger. As unfortunate as that is, it's becoming increasingly necessary I think.

Answer 7

No they should not be taught sex ed at such a young age, parents should teach their children sex ed, but some parents can and do give the incorrect information.

Answer 8

At ages 5 &6 the Comprehensive Sex Education Program teaches kids the difference between "good touch” and "bad touch" as well as teaching kids to tell on abusive behaviors even when adults tell them not to.

The CSE Program incorporates more information each year based on age and maturity and on what a child/ adolescent needs to know to protect him/herself and how to be a healthy individual who is in control of his/ her body and decisions made about it. Other topics covered in the younger ages are "what is a friend." They teach who to hug, and that a friend will always listen to you if you do not want a hug.

However, I'm not sure if you care about that much. I would much rather teach a child how to protect himself from sexual abuse from adults than bash a politician I don't like.
:)

Answer 9

Absolutely not they are to young to understand the complexities of sex.

However saying that it is vital that we as parents teach our children the correct terms of their anatomy, a penis is a penis and vagina is a vagina, and any one touching them there has no right to touch them there, and they must tell their parents if they feel someone has touched them inappropriately.

While it is the role of the parents to teach their children, about sex some parents lack the skills or the correct knowledge to teach their children. I believe that the school should teach some sort of sex education to their students, but only in the later years of primary school though.

Answer 10

Maybe this will stop us from having 11 and 12 year old elementary students having babies. But the bottom line-sex education should be taught by the child's parents only regardless of age.