Sex education for 5 year olds

[WorriedMummy74]

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I doubt that anyone is suggesting that five year olds should be taught how to put on a condom or attempt the finer points of shibari bondage. However, 5 is old enough, in some cases, to be asking questions about where babies come from, and some simple basic information about both the biology and the idea that we own our own bodies and should treat others as we hope to be treated, with respect and courtesy, seems pretty reasonable to me.

Well my children know the facts of life by the age of five anyway. Whyever not?

Good. About sodding time. Teen pregnancy rates in this country are shocking.

Children need to learn about loving relationships from very little - as they do in the Netherlands. Sex ed follows on as a natural progression from this.

Instead of in this country teaching sex ed in a sniggery fashion to kids with rampant enough hormones to want to try out the practical side of it in their lunch hours.

Oh fgs - right wing scaremongering from the telegraph as usual...

5 year olds have been taught 'sex ed' since the advent of the national curriculum. It consists of a gentle look at 'living and growing'. They look at baby photos of themselves and talk about how people get bigger and older.

They might even learn that babies grow in tummies (shock horror).

By 5 my children knew what bits were private and where babies came from, knowledge is power.

My six year old has seen her younger siblings grow and be born, and she asked questions that I answered.

It's not such a shocking idea. However, I think it would be far more helpful to encourage parents to do it, because it's just more natural in an ongoing way, rather than specific lessons, or one parental 'talk'.

I wouldn't be happy with my children learning it at school, but that's one of the reasons why my kids don't go to school, I suppose.