What are we teaching our children about sex and birth control?
What do you teach yours? What age did you start? How do you feel about sex education in schools? ↓
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| Name: rain | Date: Jul 27th, 2006 3:03 AM |
| I started in intermediate school with the hard core talks, as I noticed it was Jr.high when the girls began to get pregnant. Respecting yourself was a big focus. Then later spoke about birth control always used along with condoms. I would love for the schools to have better programs that start sooner. There was an interesting program here that I believe is the answer to many problems. The students were given dolls that were programmed to cry, need to be changed, all the good stuff. They had to have it 24 hours a day. It discouraged many from the thought of babies. But they only had it for 11th grade, and not enough to go around. ↑ |
| Name: Layne | Date: Jul 27th, 2006 3:06 AM |
| i KNOW ABOUT THAT DOLL. MY NIECES HAD THAT BAWLING PAIN IN THE BUT. THAT SHOULD TEACH EM. ↑ |
| Name: rain | Date: Jul 27th, 2006 3:42 AM |
| Yep, but they need more of them, and they need them in Jr.High school. ↑ |
| Name: Ari | Date: Jul 27th, 2006 9:34 AM |
| Rain, I think your approach is an excellent one, and much better than the one that my mother took. When I entered fourth grade, she handed me a pamphlet that she'd gotten from Planned Parenthood before I was born. There was no talking about sex, or puberty, or anything at all along those lines. Whatever I didn't get from that pamphlet came from fiction novels, which is probably one of the worst things out there to get information from. I became sexually active at 17, and made the decision to get on birth control myself after spending weeks researching it through LiveJournal communities. I was fairly resourceful, but not every girl is. I think that sex education in schools needs to begin earlier, and they certainly need to cover things in more depth. I'm apalled at the number of children that post here with absolutely no idea exactly what they're doing or how to go about protecting themselves. We're failing these kids every day. They need to be given information about exactly what kinds of diseases they can contract. They need to know how many different types of birth control products are out there, be it condoms or the Pill or the shot, and they need to know the pros and cons of each and every type. They need to be told that wearing two condoms at once is a bad idea and doesn't actually provide increased protection, as it actually increases the risk of the thing breaking. They need to know where they can go and who they can talk to. If they're not learning this stuff from their parents and educators, they're going to be learning it from their friends, who are just as clueless and full of misinformation as they are. ↑ |
| Name: Layne | Date: Jul 27th, 2006 11:46 AM |
At our school they do start early 5th grade is when they get the puberty talk. then 6th another. Then in Junior high they get the bawling brat.(I cant wait)
The thing about these talks is the boys are so imbarrassed I dont think they hear a thing. Maybe a good test on the subject would help?
Bottom line parents really need to talk to the kids at home. They are seeing plenty on TV too. No matter how hard you try and censor. Even on primetime channels and hours. ↑ |
| Name: rain | Date: Jul 27th, 2006 12:30 PM |
| You are right Ari, sometimes it is our job to educate them all, not just our own. That is wonderful Layne, that your children get the dolls so young. I am so proud of you Ari, for researching birth control on your own. Why do these kids not educate themselves? And by the way, some of these kids are playing on here, they are not all pregnant, and some are much younger than teens. It is a game. ↑ |
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