I just think its terrible that schools don't have adequate sex ed!

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My little sister is in y10 and knows all about it, but I really didn't when I was in school because of the lack of sex education. My sister tells me they tell you about procreation and bits about safe sex, and not actually anything else of use, leading to children not knowing what they're doing, getting themselves into trouble and becoming parents at a VERY young age.
I got told the same things but I would have thought that the sex ed in this country's schools would have gotten a lot better.
I didn't even get taught about safe sex as I went to a strict catholic school. I got taught it was a sin, but this is what a penis and a vagina is. It's not to be used/touched for anything until you're married!
I think that's disgusting. Shouldn't they be teaching kids how to be positive about their bodies and not feel ashamed or are schools adamant that kids shouldn't really know anything about anything that can be used in real life and just shove exam answers down their throats expecting them to "learn"?
I think it's just disgusting. It was in the news today about how a man got HIV from the lack of safe sex education in schools. I got all my information off my parents so I guess I'm lucky. My sister does too, but they don't tell them anything at school, and since other children don't have the luxury of an open family, don't you think they should tell them?
Does it harm children to teach them to be positive about their bodies/sex/relationships?

You don't need to remove anything. SRE/PSHE are already in there. It's a question of quality, not available time.

Agree with others saying parental responsibility.

Just reading this thread shows why it's so important to have regulated Sex Education! Everyone has different experiences - some people say they weren't taught enough and some people feel that schools take it too far!

The issue with arguing that it should be left to parents is that (as we all know) older isn't always wiser and there are already so many misconceptions about HIV...how do we know that leaving parents to do the educating will work? Will we just end up with a generation of young people with conflicting views?

Where I work we have a campaign called Life in my Shoes www.lifeinmyshoes.org which is aimed at older secondary school pupils and explores themes around HIV, stigma and bullying.

We also go into schools and run lessons - it's always surprising to see the huge different in knowledge between teens of the same age which I guess demonstrates the need for better SRE!