Parents
The talk
03/01/2013
Both are important.
But parents should be willing to be an open source for their children to seek information.
But parents should be willing to be an open source for their children to seek information.
05/18/2013
Both. Not every kid is lucky enough to be born to parents who know how to do it. And every kid needs to know.
It was kind of hilarious when my parents tried to give me "the talk". My mom was first, and a year or so later, my dad took a shot at it. With both of them, I had to pretend not to already know what they were trying (oh-so-clumsily) to tell me. And I had to bite my tongue not to jump in and correct them about the things they had wrong!
It was kind of hilarious when my parents tried to give me "the talk". My mom was first, and a year or so later, my dad took a shot at it. With both of them, I had to pretend not to already know what they were trying (oh-so-clumsily) to tell me. And I had to bite my tongue not to jump in and correct them about the things they had wrong!
05/19/2013
Let's try asking a similar question: which party should be responsible for teaching kids the skills they'll need to make a good living?
I'm betting most of you would say, "schools." Well, isn't good sex knowledge just as important to having a good life as earning a good living?
I'm betting most of you would say, "schools." Well, isn't good sex knowledge just as important to having a good life as earning a good living?
05/19/2013
Parents, mostly, but I also believe schools should teach it. This would fill in any potential gaps parents might have left for reasons such as not being educated about it themselves, and honestly there's little harm in teaching safe sex practices at school
05/19/2013
I think both parents and schools should have this conversation with kids. I never got it from either.
05/19/2013
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I agree with this.
Originally posted by
Amazonia Dentata
I agree with the idea that schools should make sure students have access to facts. I think that school sex educators should assume that they will be the only reliable source for information that a kid may run into in high school, because it is often
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I agree with the idea that schools should make sure students have access to facts. I think that school sex educators should assume that they will be the only reliable source for information that a kid may run into in high school, because it is often true. Peers don't know anything and many can't approach their parents, or their parents stick to a morality-only message and/or don't know how to answer questions about, say, why one would need to use a condom for non-PIV sex.
Abstinence-only education does it all wrong: it doesn't provide facts (or provides misleading or incorrect facts), and instead teaches a very specific morality that many disagree with - including many parents. I might even say, most parents. less
Abstinence-only education does it all wrong: it doesn't provide facts (or provides misleading or incorrect facts), and instead teaches a very specific morality that many disagree with - including many parents. I might even say, most parents. less
05/19/2013
It should be EVERYONE'S responsibility. Thailand almost completely stopped the spread of HIV because they took this approach.
Small groups taught teachers and parents, the teachers and parents taught their kids, but they didn't stop there... not even remotely close to there in fact. They started micro-transaction banks (really it was a comunal village fund) that you could only be a member of if you weren't pregnant. Advertisements for condoms became rampant. Even their coffe shops started selling condoms. There is a really cool TED talk about it.
They lowered their absurdly high population growth to a sustainable level and stopped the spread of disease within about a year if I remember the details correctly.
Small groups taught teachers and parents, the teachers and parents taught their kids, but they didn't stop there... not even remotely close to there in fact. They started micro-transaction banks (really it was a comunal village fund) that you could only be a member of if you weren't pregnant. Advertisements for condoms became rampant. Even their coffe shops started selling condoms. There is a really cool TED talk about it.
They lowered their absurdly high population growth to a sustainable level and stopped the spread of disease within about a year if I remember the details correctly.
05/19/2013
Mr. John
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It falls squarely on the parents.
Originally posted by
Akira
Responsibility for teaching safe sex should fall more upon the school or the parents?
05/20/2013