My DCs secondary school (independent, non-denominational, but with church links) outsources all its PHSE lessons to a local church youth ministry group.
I haven't seen any of the materials, and my kids have been fairly 'meh' about the lessons in the past, but I was thinking about this recently and decided that I'm not entirely comfortable with it.
We're not a church-going family, and I would probably describe myself as atheist, or agnostic. The kids are raging atheists, based on their own thoughts and decisions (not my influence).
I can't see how this group can present a modern, balanced view of issues such as sex before marriage, homosexuality etc if the starting point is faith-based.
Of course if I'm worried I should ask to see the materials or talk to the school about the sessions, but I just wondered if it's only me that has a problem with this. It feels as if the churches are using it as a 'back door' route into schools for evangelical purposes?
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Thoughts about church youth outreach groups having responsibility for teaching PHSE?
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Pebbles574 · 26/01/2016 12:11
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