Why are parents allowed to opt out of sex ed?

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us want to teach about it ourselves - we are more equipped to explain the nuances and tailor the instruction based on our child's maturity level and our own respective values.

Please give examples of what you would provide vs the school.

If it’s anything like the math and reading I teach and assign at home I guess I better handle this as well. Sex seems to be the only thing schools are so eager to teach if they aren’t sleeping with your kids right at the school teachers get arrested every week. Half the kids they teach math and reading to every year graduate as illiterate and innumerate.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think many parents are opting out of sex Ed. They’re opting out of people at school with their own values that you may or may not agree with teaching their kids sex Ed. There’s a big difference.

BS BS BS BS BS BS
There is no curriculum like this.

None zero nadda.

Put your kid in a religious Dumbass private that indoctriates your kid and now pregnant at 14 woo hoo.

Really? Is there some statistic that religious Dumbass private schools indoctriates kids and there’s higher pregnancy rates?

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Anonymous wrote:Kids shouldn't be getting their sex education primarily from schools. I get that some parents are OK with outsourcing this, but for the others, they should have the right to opt out.

The type of people who opt out just tell their kids "sex is bad" and leave it at that.

IMO the way some of these religious nuts approach sex Ed (teaching kids crazy stuff like using tampons is bad) or not giving your kid sufficient info borders on abusive.

That's a very dumb assumption. I will opt out of sex ed, but I'm not teaching my kids any of the stuff you outlined. We'll opt out because it's part of an ongoing discussion on their bodies, boundaries, and health that's been going on since they were babies. We're they're resource for this info and if they have questions, we want them to come to us.

Are you threatened by schools teaching the same info as at home?

But its not the same info.

MS sex ed has information on anal sex

Totally unnecessary for a 12 year old

Again, your 12 yo is likely hearing about this from their peers, probably discussed in an overexcited and misinformed fashion. They might benefit from hearing it discussed calmly and sanely by an adult, so the info can be processed. And all this comes with emphasis on boundaries, autonomy, and safety.

That's a pretty big assumption to make. I actually don't think they are talking about it.

And even if there is one kid that talks about it, that doesn't mean its ok to formalize it into the curriculum. That doesnt mean they are emotionally ready to hear a teacher discuss it

What? 12 year olds aren't emotionally ready to hear about sex? Are you the same parent who isn't giving her child a phone until high school and walks her kid to school daily?

Let me tell you, your 12 year old is hearing about sex. May even get her (ZOMG) period. Hopefully you are having these discussions. If not - my kid is FOR SURE telling yours

Look, I've been very proactive in speaking to my 12yo DS about sex. He understand the mechanics of it, and he understands how his body his changing. We have talks often about how to speak and treat his female peers with his respect.

He doesn't need to learn about two men having anal sex for pleasure from his burly old man gym teacher.

And based off the questions that he comes to me with, I'm quite sure that none of his friends are discussing anal sex.

It is possible to keep your kids exposed to age appropriate materials. Not all of us have thrown our hands up in defeat and accepted the fact that we can't limit what they know until they are ready to hear it

This is not being taught during Family Life Education in public schools. You.Are.Lying.

How old are you? I myself personally learned about anal sex and oral sex in 6th grade science class

Well that’s disturbing.