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ASU2003 · 10-04-2008, 12:51 PM

Comic teaches sex education for children of six | The Sun |Woman|Health|Health
http://www.newshounds.us/2007/07/20/...exed_fiend.php

It's taken me a while to get around to this. Fox News a few weeks ago had a few stories about Obama wanting to teach six year olds about sex. Now, I'll be the first to say I know nothing about kids. I know I didn't know what a vagina was at age 6 or what was behind a girls swimsuit, and I didn't really care. And really, I didn't know anything about my body either. I think I was about 10-11 before I did some covert library research in encyclopedias, STD books, human biology book and a child sex abuse book to actually find out the truth. It was a few years before the internet and computers were in everyone's homes, and I knew that this was something that probably could have been discussed, but it was much better for me not to bring it up.

So, my question to the parents is, when do you think the best time to teach kids about the difference between girls and boys is? Do you think age six would be too young to teach them about this? There was a bunch of talk that Obama wants to teach your kids about sex on the news. Would you rather tell them, have the school system teach them, or have them find out on their own? What damage would be done if they learn this stuff at a younger age? Do you think they will try things they should wait until they are older to do?

What age do you think would be the best to bring up relationships, sex and puberty? I went to a night presentation with the other boys in my class in the sixth grade to talk about the basics that I had already looked up. It was eighth grade (age 14) before I had a basic sex, pregnancy and STD class. That was around the right time for me. It was a year before I saw porn and I actually figured out the movements and how the parts interacted. I would think kids a few years younger are getting their hands on porn now (I wanted to see it at around age 12/13, but didn't have a home computer until I was 15)

Do parents not want to think about their kids as being sexual humans? Would guys feel creepy teaching a young boy or girl about her body? Is it the opposite when growing up, that kids didn't want to think that their parents ever had sex? What reasons do you have for not talking to kids about sex?

10-04-2008, 12:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	Parents opinions on teaching their kids about sex Comic teaches sex education for children of six \| The Sun \|Woman\|Health\|Health http://www.newshounds.us/2007/07/20/...exed_fiend.php It's taken me a while to get around to this. Fox News a few weeks ago had a few stories about Obama wanting to teach six year olds about sex. Now, I'll be the first to say I know nothing about kids. I know I didn't know what a vagina was at age 6 or what was behind a girls swimsuit, and I didn't really care. And really, I didn't know anything about my body either. I think I was about 10-11 before I did some covert library research in encyclopedias, STD books, human biology book and a child sex abuse book to actually find out the truth. It was a few years before the internet and computers were in everyone's homes, and I knew that this was something that probably could have been discussed, but it was much better for me not to bring it up. So, my question to the parents is, when do you think the best time to teach kids about the difference between girls and boys is? Do you think age six would be too young to teach them about this? There was a bunch of talk that Obama wants to teach your kids about sex on the news. Would you rather tell them, have the school system teach them, or have them find out on their own? What damage would be done if they learn this stuff at a younger age? Do you think they will try things they should wait until they are older to do? What age do you think would be the best to bring up relationships, sex and puberty? I went to a night presentation with the other boys in my class in the sixth grade to talk about the basics that I had already looked up. It was eighth grade (age 14) before I had a basic sex, pregnancy and STD class. That was around the right time for me. It was a year before I saw porn and I actually figured out the movements and how the parts interacted. I would think kids a few years younger are getting their hands on porn now (I wanted to see it at around age 12/13, but didn't have a home computer until I was 15) Do parents not want to think about their kids as being sexual humans? Would guys feel creepy teaching a young boy or girl about her body? Is it the opposite when growing up, that kids didn't want to think that their parents ever had sex? What reasons do you have for not talking to kids about sex? Last edited by ASU2003; 10-04-2008 at 12:57 PM..