Couple of thoughts on this one. Will this be the same video and info pack they had back when I was leaping off the cliff into teenager-hood? I distinctly recall a health teacher informing us in a monotone voice that "any penis can fit into any vagina." Not something I want my 11 year old to think about right now. She still likes her teddy bear for goodness sakes! I think we are pushing our kids out the door and into the big wide world too fast these days. What ever happened to sex ed in 7th or 8th grade? I just want to hold onto the little girl a wee bit longer. I can't wait for tomorrow night....hope things haven't changed too much since 1982!!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
What's up with 5th grade?
My daughter handed me a notice today informing me of a sex ed parental night to be hosted at her school. Now, I have plenty of sex ed, having had three children, ahem,...but apparently the town we live in feels the need to educate the PARENT as well as the child on what is happening with our sons and daughters as they grace into puberty.
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Janis Joplin!
Well, I went through the Hanover School system and the "sex ed" was always started in 5th grade. According to my mother, she went through "precana" in 1964 and the priests divided the men and women up. women had to study a plastic penis while the men looked at a plastic vagina. the church just "assumed' that no-one had had sex. and you know what they say about "assuming" . I thnk this way is much better!!!
By the by, when I was in school (I think we had sex ed in 6th grade too, I remember still being in elementary school) we had an uncomfortable movie accompanied by a pamphlet entitled "Growing Up and Liking It".
I've grown up...I no like it!
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