Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Sex education
The other headline hitting the news at the moment is once again about sex education. When is it right to introduce your child to this. I don't have an issue with school telling my child about sex. I have an issue with them telling her about lots of things. The trouble is school puts everyone in the same zone. One child might be ready to hear about sex, another might not. Just because they are in the same year does not mean they are all ready at the same time to hear this information. Everyones child is different and the trouble with school is that it pigeon holes everyone. Everyone is expected to learn everything at the same time. I believe this is wrong. I think it is the parents that should be having extra lessons and advice on how to teach their children. Parents are the ones that need to start taking more responsibility for their children. I am obviously talking about a minority of parents that leave their children to fend for themselves. The trouble is this minority is getting bigger. It is up to us as the parents to help our children see what is right and wrong.
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Lizzie,
If it was up to parents to teach their children about any moral issues then the majority would never do it. Schools are continually being criticised for not educating children sufficiently in sex education so surely it's better that they teach them all some basic information at a set age than nothing at all. Also parents have the option whether or not they want their children to attend these lessons so surely those who really don't believe that their child is ready will withdraw them?
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