After reading Thomas Lickona's thoughts that he believes abstinence education is the best form of sex ed. He seemed to push his views one everyone else. That his way was the only way to go about things, but if you keep the answers children are going to ask about sex is only going to do more harm than good. If children and teens are told not to have sex before marriage, and they aren't given the answers they need. Then they a more likely to go have sex to get those answers.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Is Abstinence Education the Best Sex Education?
After reading this article i don't believe abstinence education is the best way to go, because either way we teach them there going to have sex. So abstinence education won't prepare them sex. If we teach them how to be safe by teaching them about their bodies and how it develops, starting at a young age. I think this would be the most effective way to teach children about sex and how to be safe.
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I agree. Just telling kids they shouldn't have sex doesn't mean they won't. In some cases telling them not to will make them want to do it more. It kind of goes with the "wanting what you can't have" thing. Telling them about abstinence is not a bad thing, but other things should be brought up too, such as contraceptives and what the outcomes of sex could be. Just hiding the fact won't do very much good in the children's future.
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