Comments | sullenduchess: Writer's Block: School days

sullenduchess

Writer's Block: School days

Mar 27, 2011 17:55

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raichu100 March 27 2011, 22:21:53 UTC

I thought I would respond just because you asked a question...

When my parents talked to me about sex (mostly my mom since I'm female) I took them quite seriously--moreso than I did my teachers. Not that I questioned what they told me as facts, but there's more to sex than facts--its about choices. Most of the "life lessons" that I have came from home; the material that came from school was facts and figures.

I did pay attention and take class seriously, though, but I can guarantee than a good portion of my classmates did not. :/

I think sex is something that should be taught at home, and when I have kids I would like to think they will learn about sex and choices from me, and not from the government school system.

sullenduchess March 27 2011, 22:27:21 UTC

Interesting comment. I feel like the emotional side of sex is something to be discussed at home, but things like contraception and STIs should really be discussed in school. I know girls who took a sort of "oh, it won't happen to me, it's just my mom trying to scare me" attitude to contraception, and ended up pregnant. That's where I'm coming from. The idea that teens don't really pay attention on how to have safe sex because it's just their parents "going on again", y'know? But as for the emotional side of it (the "life lessons"), I definitely think THAT is better left to a discussion at home.

raichu100 March 28 2011, 01:07:13 UTC

I guess I can see your point about statistics and facts. I also admit I'm a bit of an odd case, since I've always been fairly conservative, and for various reasons chose to save myself for marriage long ago and have stuck to that choice (I'm 20 right now). I view sex as something more than just a casual and relatively unimportant activity, and that just seems...natural to me. I don't know. I guess my fundamental feeling too is that this is the sort of thing that /should/ be a parent's responsibility. But on the other hand, parents should be completely open and honest with their kids. They should give them all the facts and discuss their feelings with them rather than just preaching at them. And I do recognize that not all parents do this. So I can definitely see where you're coming from.

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sullenduchess March 28 2011, 22:47:54 UTC

Well I didn't mean that sex ed the way it is NOW is what should be taught. I just think it's more likely that parents will try to enforce bias on their children than the school.