SEX Education;should parents be concerned?

Badboy, it would really, really help if you have links to this stuff. I know that you usually get it off of non-computer media, but even so, there usually is an accompanying story somewhere that can be found easily enough via Google. On the kids/TV thread we pointed out the major omissions in the short "report" you gave -- this one strikes me as having major omissions as well.

So, any links?

I think I'd be very surprised that kids are really being shown the mechanics of sex under the guise of "education".

I would not be surprised if I learned that kids had discovered their parent's porn stash and were showing it to their friends.

Or practically any R-rated movie of the last 20 years.

Yeah, we want links.

When you say they are being shown pictures of people copulating Im hoping you dont mean like a porn film which is what I think other people are thinking!!

I can remember seeing an educational film when I was about 12 but it wasnt true flesh, it was more like a computerised representation(cant really describe it) of where bits were and the ejaculation bit.
Oh, I also saw a woman giving birth which has had the desired effect and put me off for life!!

None of this turned me into a raging nympho.
Older men will abuse if its in them to do so,I dont think showing a film to kids will change anything.

I think we forget that we have to educate kids how babies are made.There is too much emphasis on sex being dirty or not for kids, the act isnt but being educated is.
Yes I think they should at the same time be educated about STI's, and the emotional side of things.

idk my parents never hid anything from me. Those movie ratings meant nothing in my family, my parents wanted me to see real life, and I did. I turned out a lot better then those kids whose parents sheltered them from sex and drugs.

I think its good to show kids that sorta thing at a young age, it kind of hinders any curiosity. For me it did at least. Well it was a combination of that and my parents threatning me with my life if i ever impregnanted a girl before i was married or used drugs. (pops is a marine ahaha)

But i dont think theres anything wrong, if a schools showing it for educational purposes, im sure its been approved for that purpose. That plus im a camp counselor with 12 year olds, trust me they know alot more and see more then you may think...

Having serious doubts that such is being shown in US schools. North Carolina passed a law last year or the year before, and now they can hardly mention sex at all. They can talk about abstinance, though I'm not sure the kids are being told from what to abstain.

Should parents be concerned? I think parents that haven't taught their kids about sex and are waiting for the school system to do it should be more concerned.

I agree squinney. I actually made it a point to educate
little Jane before the school comes up with their own
mind boggling version.

Jane has seen a cartoon sex educational video, especially
designed for children under 10 and it shows and describes
the process from copulation/conception to birth, and it is
done quite cleverly, I might add. We also talked about
STD's and contraceptives.

The better educated the children are, the more precaution
they use.

My humble opinion

I agree with you, CJ. My son saw the "growth & development" film and got the talk at school just this past year (5th grade.) When he came home, he said it was mostly about expecting his voice to change and using deodorant. Hardly anything about sex, and nothing at all about anatomy. What a ridiculous waste of time!

If you ask me, 5th grade is too late. They did this in 5th grade when I was his age 40 years ago...and kids have changed! About half the girls in his class already needed bras and started their periods this year. When I was his age, 12 was the average age for the onset of menstruation. Now it's 11...which is 5th grade! Some of the girls in his class were already VERY well developed. They should have dealt with this subject in 3rd or 4th grade instead.

Church is worse. He'll go thru their sex ed program (which is actually pretty good) this coming year when he's in 6th grade. Again....way too late.