Why does it seem so many assume parents are incapable of teaching their children about sex?? The 60s are long past, the Me Generation came and went...I think you'd be hard pressed now to find an adult with children who would raise a sexual ignoramous.
I speak from experience. Everything that I learned about sex that was legit was from everyone *except* my parents. Why do you assume that some parents are not lazy, uncomfortable with the subject, or just are too self-involved to care?
I have not suggested that SOME parents aren't great at telling their children about sex. The word 'ligit' tells me nothing about the information your parents gave you. I can't imagine what would fall into the category of "illigit" information, unless you were told that you were found in a cabbage patch - or inside a rosebud, like my grandmother's mother told her. If that's the case, I'd guess you are probably in your 90s.
Your comment inspires me to ask; How much information does one want? Sex is a journey of experimentation, developing knowledge and discovery. Too much information regarding the act itself, like a map with too much detail, narrows ones journey. Romanticizing it raises ones expectations.
Dispite the rosebud story, my grandmother relied on her own experience and told my mother the facts.
Grandma enjoyed sex. So did my mother. So do I, and my adult children do too. That has little to do with facts.
But see, you admitted that schools should just teach the systems and how it works. That's mainly what this question is asking: should schools teach the correct and accurate clinical information regarding sex? By means of understanding the human anatomy and biology, scientific knowledge, pros and cons, etc. It concerns human health, so why shouldn't schools teach those areas required to understanding the human body and the risks involved?
I think both the parents and the schools should share the responsibility in giving the children the knowledge in the subject of sex; at home for personal and morality teaching, and at school for the clinical and health aspects.
>schools should just teach the systems and how it works.<
Look again and you'll see that part of my comment refered to '..politics in general'.
The question was not "Do you think schools should teach human biology?" To that my answer to that would have been, "Don't they?"
The question "Do you think kids should learn about sex in school?" is somewhat ambiguous. It could imply the learning comes from other students at school, which is common. I assumed the question was about curriculum, and my answer remains the same.
Raising children includes teaching philosophies of life, social behavior, religious beliefs in many cases, and instilling certain morals and ethics; all of which are based on individual convictions, suppositions and perceptions. I would not want my neighbor to teach my children about sex, why would I want a school to teach them about it?
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I have not suggested that SOME parents aren't great at telling their children about sex. The word 'ligit' tells me nothing about the information your parents gave you. I can't imagine what would fall into the category of "illigit" information, unless you were told that you were found in a cabbage patch - or inside a rosebud, like my grandmother's mother told her. If that's the case, I'd guess you are probably in your 90s.
Your comment inspires me to ask; How much information does one want? Sex is a journey of experimentation, developing knowledge and discovery. Too much information regarding the act itself, like a map with too much detail, narrows ones journey. Romanticizing it raises ones expectations.
Dispite the rosebud story, my grandmother relied on her own experience and told my mother the facts.
Grandma enjoyed sex. So did my mother. So do I, and my adult children do too. That has little to do with facts.
(Thank you for your comments, Snooky.)
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I think both the parents and the schools should share the responsibility in giving the children the knowledge in the subject of sex; at home for personal and morality teaching, and at school for the clinical and health aspects.
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Look again and you'll see that part of my comment refered to '..politics in general'.
The question was not "Do you think schools should teach human biology?" To that my answer to that would have been, "Don't they?"
The question "Do you think kids should learn about sex in school?" is somewhat ambiguous. It could imply the learning comes from other students at school, which is common. I assumed the question was about curriculum, and my answer remains the same.
Raising children includes teaching philosophies of life, social behavior, religious beliefs in many cases, and instilling certain morals and ethics; all of which are based on individual convictions, suppositions and perceptions. I would not want my neighbor to teach my children about sex, why would I want a school to teach them about it?
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