Sex Education for 5 and 6 year olds... (teaching, babies, parents, appropriate)
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Heard on the news today that Chicago Public Schools will be teaching sex education beginning with kindergarten, although parents will be allowed to opt out. Do you prefer to deal with this at home or are you glad to have school take care of it?
Both. We dealt with it at home. Not as a one time "the Talk" but in frank and age appropriate way as part of normal conversation. But I was also glad that the schools provided things we might not have thought to or were not as up to date on. Win-win.
You need to look at the whole curriculum. At 5 and 6, I believe (from what I have seen from other curricula) that they talk about moms and dads and fairly simple stuff.
Kindergarteners through third graders will learn basic anatomy, the fact that all living things have babies, and how to identify appropriate vs. inappropriate touching (and when to tell an adult about anything inappropriate). I don't think any of those are bad to teach young children.
If what they are teaching is really what they say they are, then just call it something else and don't allow parents to opt out! So animals have babies too, baby cats are called kittens and baby dogs are called puppies. Big deal! It's just the naming that's causing some uproar and controversy.
Heard on the news today that Chicago Public Schools will be teaching sex education beginning with kindergarten, although parents will be allowed to opt out. Do you prefer to deal with this at home or are you glad to have school take care of it?
No way would I want a stranger (teacher or not) "teaching" any of my children about sex.
Honestly...do you really think that they are going to be teaching 5 year olds about the mechanics of how babies are made. That is quite a conclusion to jump to - probably based on the name "sex ed".
Pass is correct on what the curriculum is going to be about (we all have internet... do some basic research), and I would have no problem with that for my kids.
My kids did a safety village in K where they learned about fire and road safety, and an expert from the Child Crimes Unit came and talked to them in age-appropriate terms about touching and personal safety. I was amazed how many parents signed their kids out of the latter portion. It's something many parents find difficult, but it is so crucial.
Zimbochick...I would have been one of those "many parents" who "signed out" of the latter portion....not because I find it difficult, or embarassing, but only because I prefer to have my children made aware of "touching and personal safety" personally...You're right though, that for their safety it is crucial.
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