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calamitysandra -> RE: Sex talk at middle school upsets parents, students (3/6/2010 5:33:25 AM)
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Now, there are certain things troubling about the talk that was given. To me, none of this things are the subject, sex. What troubles me, is that the talk was misrepresented, the children were told not to tell, and the talker seemed to have no real credentials.
When it comes to the actual subject of the talk, not enough information is given for me to decide if it was appropriate, but considering the differences in sex ed in Germany and the US, I am pretty sure I would not be disturbed.
Around her, sex ed is first taught in grade 3 and 4 (age somewhere around 7-8). The children learn how their reproductive organs work, puberty, menstruation, conception and pregnancy, the actual mechanics of sex, emotions involved, homosexuality, safe sex. All done in an age appropriate manner.
Sex ed appears on the curriculum periodically in the years following, going more into depth and detail.
All in all it is a very natural progress and process. And by the way, opting out is not an option here. (was a good time ago) It is part of the syllabus and children have to attend.
To give you some starting point on what would be considered appropriate in most of Europe, I will give you an example from my family.
When my then 4 year old asked about the baby in my belly, I told him that grown-ups sometimes do something that is called sex. Grown ups do this sex thing because it feels very good to them, but also because it is possible to create a baby that way.
Part of this sex thing is, that the man puts his erect penis into the woman's vagina. After some time, something called semen comes out of the penis.
Sometimes one tiny, teeny little semen cell swims all the way deeper into the woman, into a organ called the uterus. There it is possible that it meets something called a egg, but this one is much, much smaller than the eggs you know. When a semen cell and an egg meet, the kind of melt together, and out of them starts to grow the baby. Made from something of their Mommy and Daddy together.
The baby grows in the Mommies belly for about 40 weeks, and when it is ready to be born the muscles in the Mommies belly start to contract, and help the baby out into the world by pushing it out though the vagina.
My oldest, who received the answer above when he asked at the age of 4, is now 10. He knows about sex, love, the changes his boy will go through during puberty, menstruation, conception, pregnancy and birth, the actual design of female sexual organs, homosexual sex (male and female), the importance of safe sex and how to use condoms, contraception, and most likely more things I am forgetting right now.
We have always answered questions fully and truthfully, and it works well for us.
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