sex ed in KS2

[melissa75]

Hiya, I am really interested in finding out others mums takes on sex ed in the classroom. I was watching the news on BBC last night with my DS whose 9, and they were talking about the boy down in Portsmouth who has just become a father at THIRTEEN! I just could not begin to imagine my DS becoming a father in 4 years time. He has had the basic sex ed in class and my DD is about to have it in the next halfterm, but I am just wondering what others mums take is on the topic. I know of some mums who are planning on taking their DC out of the class as they do not want them to be exposed to any convo on the topic.
Whats your thoughts? Did you take your DC out of class for it? Do you think it helps/hinders?

I personally think the more info they get the better - probably they have begun to hear things in the playground/on TV etc and so clarification of the proper facts is really important if they don't know them already. Also, taking a child out of the class is just going to make them feel more embarrassed.

Taking them out of class is mad imo. It just means that instead of getting useful information in an appropriate format they will get a garbled version in the playground instead.

And the garbled version could badly distress them, too.

Eg, A friend was 12yo, kissed a boy, coincidentally started putting on weight soon after and she thought she was pregnant -- she honestly didn't know how babies were made; she was secretly very stressed out about it for months.

So far I have managed to explain almost anything to dC, as long as I do it in a diluted simple way (even horrible stuff like rape and genocide). Re parenthood in early teens: good opportunity for me to say to them: "Don't you think that's a bad idea? Why?", etc.

Absolutely essential to be well informed imo if you are to stand up to pressure to have sex before you are ready. Dd is well informed at 12- and absolutely adamant that she does not want to risk getting pregnant until she is old enough to look after a baby. I would never dare to withhold information from mine.

I completely agree with all of you, and have been shocked to find out that some of the other mums are planning to take their DC out of the sex ed provided within the curriculum. DS and I had a chat about the news story last night, and thankfully, he thought it was too young too! Hope that concept lasts...till he is 30!

Ds3 had The Puberty Talk at school yesterday, as part of health week. When we asked him what he'd learned, he said that he and his friends had talked amongst themselves rather than have to listen to a grownup talking about such embarassing stuff.

But we have talked about this lad too, and I've tried to explain why it's not a good idea to have children too young, and the importance of being in a committed relationship when you start a family.

Although I hope that this particular new teenage couple in Portsmouth can access all the support they need for their new baby, I think it is good because it has renewed the importance for us to talk to our tweens or pre teens about parenthood, and the importance of waiting to have children until they are in a committed relationship and are also responsible for themselves before they can be responsible for another human being.