How sex-ed is taught in your Lower school

[Anonymous]

"Sex Ed" is not taught. That is left to families as a family matter.

The essential medical facts of human reproduction are presented in school during the last year of ES -- focused on the very narrow goal of avoiding accidental pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Sex Ed" is not taught. That is left to families as a family matter.

The essential medical facts of human reproduction are presented in school during the last year of ES -- focused on the very narrow goal of avoiding accidental pregnancy.

Not in my kids school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait until 9th grade where one learns every kind of sex possible and HPrep advice.

Ok, but they don’t need a teacher for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody is teaching elementary students that the main role of sex is pleasure. Nobody is teaching that to students of any age.

In ES, DC’s sex education classes consisted of teaching about the physical differences between biological males and females (eg, reproductive organs), and what happens during puberty. It also included discussions about healthy relationships (both romantic and platonic) and mental health. There was also a unit on STDs.

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[Anonymous]

Surely you aren’t relying solely on your school to educate your kids about this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surely you aren’t relying solely on your school to educate your kids about this?

Not at all. But doesn’t help to get a distorted view when they are 8 years old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surely you aren’t relying solely on your school to educate your kids about this?

Not at all. But doesn’t help to get a distorted view when they are 8 years old.

What is distorted about it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surely you aren’t relying solely on your school to educate your kids about this?

Not at all. But doesn’t help to get a distorted view when they are 8 years old.

What is distorted about it?

Read OP.

[Anonymous]

Elementary teacher here. Used to be involved with a couplw private schools but not anymore.

Elementary students should be learning about safe and unsafe touch, and what to do if someone touches them inappropriately. They can also learn about different kinds of families (some people have a mim and a dad, some have two moms or two dads, some only have one parent, some live with grandparents, etc.) Older elementary students need to learn about puberty. Middle school is too late; many kids have already started by then. And again reiterate what they should do if an adult or peer tries to take advantage of them or touch them inappropriately. None of that requires discussion of "pleasure." Sounds like OP's beef is with this one consultant, not schools in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elementary teacher here. Used to be involved with a couplw private schools but not anymore.

Elementary students should be learning about safe and unsafe touch, and what to do if someone touches them inappropriately. They can also learn about different kinds of families (some people have a mim and a dad, some have two moms or two dads, some only have one parent, some live with grandparents, etc.) Older elementary students need to learn about puberty. Middle school is too late; many kids have already started by then. And again reiterate what they should do if an adult or peer tries to take advantage of them or touch them inappropriately. None of that requires discussion of "pleasure." Sounds like OP's beef is with this one consultant, not schools in general.

You are right, my beef is with the consultant. What you describe makes total sense to me in terms of sex education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was a kid the easiest way to teach sex ed was to mention reproduction in the nature and since it was a catholic school, it was fine since the goal of sex is reproduction.

But now some schools do not want to mention the role of reproduction in sex because then it is hard to rationalize (at least for kids) gay couples. So what they teach in sex ed now doesn’t make much sense for lower school kids, emphasizing that the main role of sex it’s just pleasure. To me that’s a bit absurd. Later when they are teenagers they will figure out without any class so what is the value of that type of sex ed. I was wondering if other schools they are still using the traditional approach for sex ed. I think it’s nice to talk about bees and animals for small kids. Then later they can talk about the LGBQT+ stuff.

Bees and animals??? Or you know we could just talk about humans being as they are mammals.