I'm with Rarah.
I think sex ed needs to happen at home as well as at school.
I also think that it needs to begin early. My 3yo knows all the correct names for his body parts (he and all my children learnt the words breasts, penis and vagina at the same time they learnt the words nose, fingers and feet), about the differences between boys and girls and about good and bad touching. My 5yo knows about sex and how it's for two grown ups that love each other, and how babies are conceived. My 15yo knows more accurate things about sex, relationships, pregnancy, STD's etc than most adults seem to.
To many parents just say "don't have sex, if you get pregnant i'll kick you out".
They don't cover things like morals, and self respect, oral sex, contraception, STD's, the hardships of raising a child, sexuality, the pros and the cons, the myths, the emotional aspect, that sex and love are two different things.
You need to be honest but age appropriate when answering their questions and talking with them.
And most importantly they need to know that you will ALWAYS love them and that they can always ask or tell you anything and you won't judge them.
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What is your opinion regarding sex education and what is the best way(s) to educate pre-adolescents?
Posted at July 14th, 2008 by admin
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Honesty and openness. Answer any and all questions they have as frankly as possible. Don't be afraid of scientific terms, don't show body fear or disgust. Obviously, I believe in sex ed. I don't think it should be left up to schools, and I don't think it should be kept out of schools. Rather I think everyone should do everything possible to fight the ignorance and inappropriate fear ladled onto sex before it manages to mess kids up by sending wrong signals and preventing them from knowing what to do and how to react when the time comes.
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Be open on honest with their questions. If you don't know the answer tell them you will find it out and get back to them, but make sure to get back to them. I think open parents are easier for children to talk to.
Give them age appropriate answers, and don't get mad at any sexual question they ask. And try not to be embarrassed yourself. My daughter came home about 2 weeks ago and asked " mom what's a bj"
After i got done choking on my coffee i had to come up with an answer. She heard another child use the term at school and wanted to know what it meant.
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I'm with Rarah.
I think sex ed needs to happen at home as well as at school.
I also think that it needs to begin early. My 3yo knows all the correct names for his body parts (he and all my children learnt the words breasts, penis and vagina at the same time they learnt the words nose, fingers and feet), about the differences between boys and girls and about good and bad touching. My 5yo knows about sex and how it's for two grown ups that love each other, and how babies are conceived. My 15yo knows more accurate things about sex, relationships, pregnancy, STD's etc than most adults seem to.
To many parents just say "don't have sex, if you get pregnant i'll kick you out".
They don't cover things like morals, and self respect, oral sex, contraception, STD's, the hardships of raising a child, sexuality, the pros and the cons, the myths, the emotional aspect, that sex and love are two different things.
You need to be honest but age appropriate when answering their questions and talking with them.
And most importantly they need to know that you will ALWAYS love them and that they can always ask or tell you anything and you won't judge them.
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Be honest, tell the whole story, and then focus on good morals. You can't focus on "preventing babies." You have to focus on the emotionally, spiritual, and physical aspect of sex too.
Sex-ed is all about birth control now… they don't even go into all the other aspects. They just focus on "here this is how you avoid a baby."
We need to be focusing on how to make these kids love themselves and respect each other. Explain the long term ramifications of sex before marriage… handing out birth control is just condoning the act.
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