Facebook, kids and public schools

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Originally Posted by VRM

Have you even read the report?

It's about education and giving people the knowledge to be able to make the best choices for their health and future.

Do you realise that countries that teach sex ed in schools have significantly lower abortion and divorce rates?

A Johns Hopkins University study showed that teenagers who took a virginity pledge had .1% fewer sex partners than those who did not take the pledge. Basically statistically irrelevant.
Unfortunately - even worse, those who did take the pledge were less likely to have safe sex resulting in potentially more STDs and pregnancy.

So why do conservatives want to keep people in the dark about sex? If a 5 year old asks where babies come from - do you tell him a stork? Do you say the same to a 10 year old? How about 16?

Steve

Yes, I read the report.. did you? Did you read that they advocate teaching ten year olds "the pleasures of sex" This is far beyond "keeping them in the dark about sex" and yes, I'd deliver the message dependent on age. That's what smart people do. Teaching of STDs and pregnancy is one thing but teaching them of the pleasures of sex? What has gone so wrong regarding childhood sex education that makes us feel we need government intervention to any extent. What on earth would these actions accomplish? More sex? More teen pregnancies? Oh I get it. As long as liberals can make abortion legal, who cares?