Sunday, April 25, 2010
Is Abstinance Education the Best Education
After reading this article I still feel the same about my opinion on sex education. I believe that sex education should be taught in the home by the parents. Who else would be better to talk to your children about the "birds and the bee's." The problem that I see with any kind of sex education that will be taught in the school is the peer pressure that the child may feel from their friends. They may not ask questions when they have them, because of feeling like they will be ridiculed by their friends. When I was a teenager getting sex ed at school, we it viewed as a joke. We all laughed at it because we thought that we already knew everything that we needed to know about sex. The truth of the matter is that abstinence is the best solution to the problem of teenage pregnancy, but the reality is that kids are going to do it when they feel that they are ready to do it. That may be when they are married or when they are 15 years old. So, I believe that as a parent, it is my responsibility to let my child know what to expect and how to be safe, if and when she decides to do it. I will let her know not only how it is done, but what the consequences can be if she is not safe about it. But most of all I will let her know that no matter what her decision is I will always love her no matter what and that I will always be there for her.
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I agree, parents should teach their kids sex Ed. On the other hand the schools should also be responsible to teach sex Ed. The more times they hear about it the better prepared they are.
ReplyDeleteI feel that the responsibility of Sex Ed falls on the parents' shoulders. It's a very delicate subject and if we push it too much in schools then they start to tune it out. Children become desensitized to it if they hear about it too much. Keith is right, kids aren't going to pay attention to it unless they're caught by it one on one with their parents.
ReplyDeleteI will agree that it is a parent's responsibility to teach their child about Sex Ed. But, also I do feel that I will be comfortable talking with my kids about anything they want to know so it's just my point of view. While I know I will feel comfortable talking with my children I understand that other parents may not feel so comfortable discussing the topics of sex with their children. Therefore, I do think Sex Ed should be taught in a classroom situation with someone who has some knowledge and research of the harms of anal, oral, or unprotected sex because gives the children who never experience "the sex talk" with their parent a chance to learn about the risks of sex.
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