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In reply to the discussion: My daughter has just finished her abstinence-only sex ed at school [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)26. I had to sign a permission slip for what little she was taught
At first, when I got a bunch of email warnings and a permission slip, I thought it was possible that they'd actually be taught something.
When one of the emails said that the curriculum was read and approved by a group of people including teachers, parents, and the church community, I started to worry.
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It stands to reason they wouldn't talk about condoms because it is about abstinence
liberal N proud
May 2013
#2
Well by the time my kid reached the age of 15 I made sure they understood about sex. I am
southernyankeebelle
May 2013
#10
Heh, I had a copy of "Our Bodies, Ourselves" just "accidentally" lying around...
CTyankee
May 2013
#17
My kids entered puberty when AIDS first made the news. I talked to the kids, gave them the reading
Arkansas Granny
May 2013
#47
my poor sister in law had it worse. Her first period was when she was only 9 years old and
CTyankee
May 2013
#86
My parents didn't share the sex talk. I was cluess. My parents had children late
southernyankeebelle
May 2013
#108
My first day of sex ed in 1974: football coach told mixed gender class that
no_hypocrisy
May 2013
#19
She completed her abstinence-only sex ed? How do you feel about being a grandparent?
FSogol
May 2013
#25
It must be challenging to teach children on a subject that they must be kept ignorant about.
RC
May 2013
#34
A few years back my mother was with the AIDS Task Force giving talks at schools.
hobbit709
May 2013
#57
The best advice all sex educators should read was by Elizabeth Smart. She said in some
Thinkingabout
May 2013
#90
So now sex is labeled as risky behavior. What if, as many kids do, one thinks of it as
efhmc
May 2013
#93
Surprised they didn't just tell her to put an aspirin between her knees and pray to Gawd
blkmusclmachine
May 2013
#135