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pendy · 13-02-2006, 10:21

I believe that the home is the best place for children to learn about sex, and that questions should be answered truthfully when they are asked, in simple terms that children can understand.

One of the main reasons why we have such high rates of teen pregnancy is the Mills & Boon culture - a girl has to be able to tell herself that she is IN LOVE and that doesn't equate with being sensible and taking proper precautions, does it. I would rather have had my daughter on the pill at 14 than pregnant at 15. As it happens, neither arose, for which I am thankful. Teenagers do experiment. I admit to having been one of them. What we should be ensuring is that if they do, they are safe to do so, both as regards pregnancy and STDs. Not perhaps the moral highground, but certainly pragmatic. Some time back there was a scheme in schools where the staff handed out dolls, which were programmed to behave in the same way as a real baby - waking howling in the night, needing a very great deal of attention. It was supposed to have had an effect, in that those who had to care for them realised exactly what was involved - and were thus more careful!

13-02-2006, 10:21	#41
pendy Resting in peace Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 1,123 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 910	Re: Sex Education for 5 year olds. I believe that the home is the best place for children to learn about sex, and that questions should be answered truthfully when they are asked, in simple terms that children can understand. One of the main reasons why we have such high rates of teen pregnancy is the Mills & Boon culture - a girl has to be able to tell herself that she is IN LOVE and that doesn't equate with being sensible and taking proper precautions, does it. I would rather have had my daughter on the pill at 14 than pregnant at 15. As it happens, neither arose, for which I am thankful. Teenagers do experiment. I admit to having been one of them. What we should be ensuring is that if they do, they are safe to do so, both as regards pregnancy and STDs. Not perhaps the moral highground, but certainly pragmatic. Some time back there was a scheme in schools where the staff handed out dolls, which were programmed to behave in the same way as a real baby - waking howling in the night, needing a very great deal of attention. It was supposed to have had an effect, in that those who had to care for them realised exactly what was involved - and were thus more careful!