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Re: Sex Education for 5 year olds.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Spot on Katex......I think you are right about educating children about morals and self respect. And in my experience the young girls who do get pregnant come from all kinds of backgrounds.....not just the lower socio-economic groups. When I worked on the Gynae ward you were just as likely to have a girl turn up in a Westholme blazer as an Everton (the school) one. The difference was the Westholme girl would probably have her mother with her.
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I'm afraid Marg that there are absolutely no figures to back up your own findings. Socio-economic background does play a major part in teen pregnancies in this country. Everyone from the WHO to The Lancet come up with the same findings, time after time.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1683271.stm
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