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What should public schools teach our children about sex? It can be a complex question, especially when dealing with morals, social norms, pop culture, hormones and health. When students sit down for their sex education, should teachers embrace an abstinence-only policy?
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Less Sex, More Contraception
Mostly agreed
I like the two-sided program. However, I think we should focus more on educating teens about protection and the dangers of engaging in unprotected sex. I think kids today are 'getting older' faster. If that is confusing, what I mean is that they are doing things that kids their age fifteen years ago did not even know about. From a younger sibling, I have heard stories about middle-schoolers doing things no one did when I was that age. It's a problem. But what is causing it? Some say kids today are being educated about sex too early. But how early is too early and how much should we be teaching them? It's a very complicated issue.
It seems that many teens today do not take STD's and STI's seriously enough. Some seem to brush off the idea that their desired sexual partner could have an STD or STI. Then they are dumbfounded when they discover that they have an STD or STI. I think teens should be more educated on how to prevent contracting an STD or STI as well as the symptoms and long-term complications associated with them. I don't really think that teaching abstinence, in high school, is effective. If teens are not being taught to be abstinent at home, many times, they do not take it seriously in school.
- Emar
February 8, 2009 5:03PM
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The world..maybe?
I don't think the reason kids are becomeing more expirenced at a younger age is because they are being taught about sex to early. I think that the media is showing a bigger influence to kids. The media doesn't really seem to care about the innocence of younger kids. For example,PG movies when I was little meant a clean no cussing movie with maybe a little kiss, but now PG movies even have the word "bitch" in with a little more heated make out scenes. This also has to do what the parents allow their kids to watch and listen to.
- HAYDEN
February 12, 2009 10:36AM
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