I personally don't agree, but would like to know what you think.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=5UOJBYTWJIZ0FQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/12/31/nsex131.xml
Sex education lessons should be given to children as young as five in an attempt to combat rising levels of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, a senior public health doctor has said.
Dr Charles Saunders warned that schools were leaving the "safe sex message" so late that many youngsters were being exposed to unnecessary risks.
He said that by the time they were 12, many children were "already experimenting".
Dr Saunders, the chairman of the British Medical Association's consultants' committee in Scotland, also suggested that secondary schools should hand out contraception to older children.
2007-12-30 22:29:44 · 30 answers · asked by slıɐuǝoʇ 6 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
No. I can't see how a 5 year old would begin to get their heads around sex. Even at 11 my son said the class were so busy giggling and being embarrassed he hadn't understood much. What's wrong with the idea of PARENTS giving sex education, I tell my kids what they want to know and presumably at the time they want to know it as they ask me.
I know there is a panic about teenage pregnancy, but do the powers that be really think it's because girls/boys don't understand the birds and the bees, I think they know all they need to know but for whatever reasons forget all about safe sex etc in the heat of the moment.
2007-12-30 22:34:21 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Watson (UK) 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It would have scared me to death at that age.
2007-12-31 09:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I started teaching my children about sex education from the moment they could ask questions. I have seen some of these lessons and at five, basically they are naming parts of the body, etc etc. Which I am okay with.
What I am not okay with is the attitude that presumes that children are having sex - as though we expect them to. WE don't teach kids to say "no" - for some reason, that is the ultimate taboo. I'm not talking about a religious ban here - but we should expect our children to be more responsible, and encourage them to think for themselves.
Parents need to spend time actually teaching their children about the wrongs and rights and not leave it to the schools.
I didn't like the sex education that was offered to my daughters in year 6 - it was very intense. I don't think that at that age, children need to see a woman giving birth, with the camera between her legs. Not only were the kids horrified, it could seriously affect the health of their own future sex lives, but I felt it robbed the birth of a child of emotion. At 10 my daughter was too young for that.
Also, did she really need to know that "Mummies feel good in two places" - I think that in junior school they should be taught sex education as a biology subject but with sensitivity and taking on board their immaturity..
2007-12-31 09:08:34 · answer #3 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Children are having their childhood taken away from them. There's plenty of time to interfere with their minds later. A child of five has a huge amount to learn, they're still developing language and are trying to master the basic social and emotional skills.
These so called experts are going to bring about so much confusion, parents are having their rights and responsibilities taken away from them.
2007-12-31 09:07:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no thats far to young let children be children, you need to catch them at 11 before hormones start kicking in.im not to sure if i agree about contraception being handed out that might just encourage kids to become sexually active.we need to teach kids values an to respect themselves,
2007-12-31 08:20:02 · answer #5 · answered by lavender 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont think they should be taught at this age, i think it will take away thier innocence!
2007-12-31 07:55:54 · answer #6 · answered by R B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, definitely not! We are allowing the state to remove our childrens innocence. Ask the good Doctor why children as young as 12 are "already experimenting" could it be because they were given sex education at 10? Has this reduction in the age at which children now receive sex education led to a drop in the numbers of teen pregnancies and abortions? Or the numbers who contract STDs? On the contrary Doctor it has had the opposite effect. Folks on YA, if an eminent senior public health advisor can get it soooooo wrong what hope have we got? The best gift we could give to our children is the return of their innocence. Remove all these ridiculous health and safety regulations and let our children play, it's what kids do. The powers that be need to leave sex education chiefly in the hands of the parents, especially as to what age they feel is appropriate for their child. We also need to stop sending out the message that sex is "no big deal", by getting rid of the near pornographic music videos etc.
2007-12-31 07:54:57 · answer #7 · answered by Willow 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Busy Bee.Parents would be better teaching their children in their own way.
2007-12-31 07:53:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No way .. five is way too young
as a mother of a six year old daughter i have to say that i would strongly protest at sex education at such a young age
I want my daughter to stay innocent for as long as possible and whilst i do not have my head in the sand where educating my children about sex is concerned .. five is way too young
We were taught sex education when we were 12 and i am talking some years ago
Having a nun tell you kinnda scared me to death
I agree today kids are more advanced .. maybe they should be educated at around 10 years of age but five years old is a little extreme if you ask me
Sex education is always going to be a tricky area as we as parents wish to protect our children from growing up too fast and lets face it society today encourages kids to grow up faster
But five is silly .. most five year olds have the attention span of a goldfish and are only concerned with thomas the tank engine etc
As for handing out contraception well maybe it is not such a bad idea
2007-12-31 07:50:16 · answer #9 · answered by sammie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutly not! They should be allowed a childhood, this nanny state suck's, what's wrong with people!!
2007-12-31 07:30:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No way.
Our childhoods are the only time of innocence, and theyre so fleeting.
These "Right on" PC wankers are virtually raping childrens innocence by hammering them with info about sex, paedophiles, drugs, racism etc etc from too young an age, as well as politicising them.
All the above, but no education or discipline!
Hence we have a society of all too knowing, chavvy kids taking over the streets.
2007-12-31 07:24:45 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋