Health Education Unit: Family Life and Human Sexuality

[Anonymous]

My kid is very advanced and accelerated in at home enrichment. Can my child get high school credit for taking 9th grade Family Life in 7th grade?

[Anonymous]

DP, trying to thread the needle.

I am not, in this instance, terribly concerned about someone outside the family but in a position of teaching authority being a provider of information of that nature for my children. I did review the parent-facing information, and I discussed the matter with parents of older children who had taken the class to be comfortable with that.

However, I would not want to impose on others by assuming their own comfort with such at their school or with a particular teacher with whom they may not have the familiarity to be comfortable. In a case where a family would not want that third party to be imparting such information (for whatever reason), does MCPS make available the teaching curriculum so that a parent/guardian might be that non-peer provider, not leaving a student ignorant among their peers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you opt your child out of the Family Life and Human Sexuality unit offered at middle school? Just received an opt-out form from the school...

No and anyone that does is insane.

Why in the world would you be opposed to this fro MS students?

You should have already had these discussions with your child.

And you are a sucky parent if you opt out.

For Religious & Moral issues LOL your kid will be the first one pregnant at 15 or abused by some preacher, Pastor or minister.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you opt your child out of the Family Life and Human Sexuality unit offered at middle school? Just received an opt-out form from the school...

No and anyone that does is insane.

Why in the world would you be opposed to this fro MS students?

You should have already had these discussions with your child.

And you are a sucky parent if you opt out.

For Religious & Moral issues LOL your kid will be the first one pregnant at 15 or abused by some preacher, Pastor or minister.

Whoa, who is sucky? That parent or you!?

[Anonymous]

Do what works for your family. As many have pointed out here, information is out there in the wild and chances of your kid having heard about it already from outside a school teacher is high.

[Anonymous]

I definitely wouldn't opt out. The kids who opt out are going to be missing information and then getting their information from questionable sources.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just know that the 7th grade FLHS curriculum is new this year (at least at DCs school), so educate yourself on the updated standards and decide whether this is appropriate for your student.

As part of your decision, ask yourself whether you prefer for your student to hear the information directly from the teacher, or second-hand from other students.

Or... directly from the parent. I share age appropriate information directly with my kids. I provide books for additional reading that are in line with my values. This is not the responsibility of unrelated strangers/adults to discuss sex with my minor child.

That's great. However, in addition, they will also hear information second-hand from other middle-schoolers. If you prefer for them to hear the information second-hand from other middle-schoolers, rather than directly from the teacher, that's your decision.

They are going to discuss sex with their peers regardless of whether an adult talks with them or not. So, I'll skip the teacher or unknown educator talking about it with them, coming from a place of authority rather than peer group conversations.

It's kind of weird hangup to me. My kids have a pretty good working understanding of human sexuality. I don't have any problems with them. Learning about it with another adult. I don't see the harm from multiple adults

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is very advanced and accelerated in at home enrichment. Can my child get high school credit for taking 9th grade Family Life in 7th grade?

Only if they went to WPES first.

[Anonymous]

Whatever OP decides, they need to know the opt out kids will likely still be in ear shot of the lessons and peers will talk about the lessons all day long. So make sure you’re talking to your kid at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you opt your child out of the Family Life and Human Sexuality unit offered at middle school? Just received an opt-out form from the school...

No and anyone that does is insane.

Why in the world would you be opposed to this fro MS students?

You should have already had these discussions with your child.

And you are a sucky parent if you opt out.

For Religious & Moral issues LOL your kid will be the first one pregnant at 15 or abused by some preacher, Pastor or minister.

Perhaps some parents don't want their kids exposed to gender ideology.

[Anonymous]

I think most opt-out folks know that their kids will hear about it from their peers. This isn't up for debate.

What opt-out folks are saying is that they would rather be the authority on the subject vs a middle school teacher.

Seems reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think most opt-out folks know that their kids will hear about it from their peers. This isn't up for debate.

What opt-out folks are saying is that they would rather be the authority on the subject vs a middle school teacher.

Seems reasonable.

School teachers want parents to take responsibility for their children until they don't want parents to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think most opt-out folks know that their kids will hear about it from their peers. This isn't up for debate.

What opt-out folks are saying is that they would rather be the authority on the subject vs a middle school teacher.

Seems reasonable.

Seems like parents who feel insecure about their authority and are worried that their kids will believe a middle-school teacher instead of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you opt your child out of the Family Life and Human Sexuality unit offered at middle school? Just received an opt-out form from the school...

I wish they wouldn't allow opt-out. Even middle school kids need to be informed. It's just to important to allow rampant ignorance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think most opt-out folks know that their kids will hear about it from their peers. This isn't up for debate.

What opt-out folks are saying is that they would rather be the authority on the subject vs a middle school teacher.

Seems reasonable.

seems unreasonable - scientific facts vs religious kooks