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In reply to the discussion: My daughter has just finished her abstinence-only sex ed at school [View all]efhmc
(14,873 posts)93. So now sex is labeled as risky behavior. What if, as many kids do, one thinks of it as
fun behavior. As to reproductive health, how is one suppose to reproduce without having sex? The entire thing is just crazy.
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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