OT: dd almost 10 and s*x education in grade 5

[vcr]

Gosh, my kids were asking questions (where do babies come from?) and getting honest answers from me before they were even 5 years old. Sex ed in middle school just reinforced everything I had already told them. Take the mystery out of all of it, and young kids don't see it as all that interesting once everything is explained.

I hope they tell the girls that if a boy pressures you to have sex to prove that you love him, it means he doesn't love you at all.

I was the same way. I think that with the world we live in today knowledge is power. How will your kids know that something is appropriate or not if you don't have honest discussions? My cousins daughter went to school when she was 11 and told all her friends she thought she was pregnant (she thought you got pregnant from kissing) and the school called CPS to go to her home. Even after that happened my cousin and her DH refused to tell her the facts of life. She ended up being molested by a cousin 2 years later.

 

[disneybridetobe]

Gosh, my kids were asking questions (where do babies come from?) and getting honest answers from me before they were even 5 years old. Sex ed in middle school just reinforced everything I had already told them. Take the mystery out of all of it, and young kids don't see it as all that interesting once everything is explained.

I hope they tell the girls that if a boy pressures you to have sex to prove that you love him, it means he doesn't love you at all.

I agree completely, I want to take the mystery and taboo out of it, so it's less exciting later on. I want to nip the 'playground version' in the bud! DH and I were talking about what we thought when we were kids, and since he has a brother 6 years his senior.. yipes! I couldn't believe what he knew at such a young age. SO... we're starting early in this household.

And I think what you said "I hope that they tell the girls that if a boy pressures you to have sex to prove that you loev him, it means he doesn't love you at all." is the most important lesson that needs to be taught!

 

[amandaraye]

Gahs we had it in either 5th or 6th grade and that was *ahem* a number of years ago.

I agree that these days kids need to be really educated about these things.

 

[joyfulscrapper]

I know we had our first official class pertaining to that in 5th grade, also many years ago, and we were separated from the boys. And I don't remember it being anything more than just about what our bodies go through during puberty. But then again, my mom was always very open to me when discussing the matter and I don't really remember when I actually found out how babies are made. So if I heard it at school, it probably wouldn't have phased me because she probably already told me about it.

DS (9) is in 4th grade this year and I've heard they may get a little of this topic this year. I am very concerned about it because he is not one that really asks about this stuff and we haven't talked much about this kind of stuff yet. And I want to be sure we do before school does. So I've got to find out when it will be coming too...

 

[*Seanaci*]

I had sex ed in 5th grade. Though separated from the boys. I remember because we'd just moved here to CO and I was in a new school.