- Should sex education be taught in the nation’s public schools, and if so, what kind of education should be provided? (Abstinence-only? Abstinence-plus?)
I believe it is neccessary to teach young teens especially in the younger grades such as seventh and eighth grade. Teaching abstinence is a good idea because sex is not for young children especially that young because girls should not be mothering babies at such a young age anyway. They should still teach teens the proper techniques for safe sex guidelines and how to use contraceptions. Also allowing them access to a health instructor or family doctor in which there is confidentiality in those types of situations. We should show them the horrific side of sexually transmitted diseases and their course. Showing the worst case scenario may freak the lights out of some teens, but clearly a scare tactics must be done to avoid sex until marriage or when they are older and ready.
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I work in an elementary school and we actually start teaching sex education in the fourth grade. The parents do have to sign a release for each student. Safe sex is an important topic to be covered. However, I feel teenagers have no realization of how life changes after having a baby. In Keller, we have childcare classes they can take where they actually have to take care of a coputerizeed baby for one week. It cries, burbs, and uses the restroom. The chip inside the baby records how long it takes to pick up the baby when crying, how long the baby has a dirty diaper, an how long the baby stays hungry. It is amazing to talk to these kids after this experience. Alot of them say, "I had no idea how my life would change".
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