England to teach Sex Ed in Kindergarten.

jillio said:
Uh, huh. You know what I don't understand? People who speak out so strongly against abortion, but don't want to educate teens on how to protect themselves so they won't ever need an abortion. Or ones that want to involuntarily sterilize all sex abusers, but don't want kids to learn what they need to so they are at less risk of ever becoming a victim. It just doesn't make sense to me.:scratch:
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LOL I wonder the same thing, too... I'm not against sex education and stuff for all ages. I don't know why they are so against it since I see nothing's wrong with teaching those various stuff... Oh well.
 
ncff07 said:
i think 5 is too young. i didnt even knows girls existed till i was in my teens. but i wonder if they do that, do they use barney and baby bop to demonstrate?
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as jiro said, you'd be amazed at how much children that age know nowadays. given what they see on tv (especially mtv), it's no surprise.
 
i still think 5 is too young. the world has gone to hell in a hand basket.
 
ncff07 said:
i still think 5 is too young. the world has gone to hell in a hand basket.
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You don't think that 5 year olds need to know about their own bodies, or what is appropriate touching and what isn't?
 
jillio said:
You don't think that 5 year olds need to know about their own bodies, or what is appropriate touching and what isn't?
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i wish i would have received that type of education when i was that age back in the 70s.
 
jillio said:
You don't think that 5 year olds need to know about their own bodies, or what is appropriate touching and what isn't?
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i cant answer that question. i dont know. i dont have kids and if i did my opinion might change on the subject. but i never knew anything of the sort when i was 5 and i turned out ok. i think i did anyways.
 
ncff07 said:
i cant answer that question. i dont know. i dont have kids and if i did my opinion might change on the subject. but i never knew anything of the sort when i was 5 and i turned out ok. i think i did anyways.
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You were very lucky not to have encountered any child molesters.
 
when i was a child back in the 70s, there was a high incidence of child molesters and murderers. i'm thankful that i never encountered any of them. if i had, i don't know what i would have done since i never received the education to know what appropriate touching was vs. what inappropriate touching was. about the closest type of education i received in that regard was through the "officer friendly" program and being told not to talk to strangers.
 
jillio said:
Well, as long as the child is potty trained it could be appropriate.
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I work with young children all day and we teach them appropriate ways to touch each other as situations arise. For instance, last week a two year old boy was open mouth kissing a three year old girl. We showed him that a more appropriate way to express his feelings would be to give her a hug or kiss on the cheek. We teach them to give each other privacy when using the bathroom or we are changing other kids diapers. If they start touching themselves, we explain that it's ok but it is something that needs to be done privately. It is best to address things as they come up honestly.
 
sarasf said:
I work with young children all day and we teach them appropriate ways to touch each other as situations arise. For instance, last week a two year old boy was open mouth kissing a three year old girl. We showed him that a more appropriate way to express his feelings would be to give her a hug or kiss on the cheek. We teach them to give each other privacy when using the bathroom or we are changing other kids diapers. If they start touching themselves, we explain that it's ok but it is something that needs to be done privately. It is best to address things as they come up honestly.
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I would absolutely agree with your approach.
 
I think a kid who are 5 years old now these days knows a lot more than we all were when we were 5 years old, obviously because time is changing. There are a lot more exposure out there in the society than we really realize the actuality of it.

Sure, at 5 - They would be too young to know the depth of the sexual issues but I also do amend in for them to learn about some stuffs that are related to the sexual issues. It has to be at an age appropriate level.

Certainly, We wouldn't be showing a pornographic flick to a 5 year old kid. That'd be like way overboard for them.
 
When my DD was 4 she was receiving 'good touch, bad touch' material from her daycare. The teachers did not go over the material with the students and instead left it to the parents discretion whether or not to go over the material with their child. I did a little bit, but I didnt get too detailed.

As she gets older and begins to ask questions I will tell her what she needs to know on an age appropriate basis. She already knows that when a man and woman share a bed, they might be having a baby and that the baby stays in the mother's tummy until it is ready to come out. That's her intercourse and biology education thus far.

I have also set clear PDA rules for her, holding hands, hugs, and kisses on the cheek are OK, but kissing on the lips and grabbing each others bottoms is off limits.
 
Dixie said:
When my DD was 4 she was receiving 'good touch, bad touch' material from her daycare. The teachers did not go over the material with the students and instead left it to the parents discretion whether or not to go over the material with their child. I did a little bit, but I didnt get too detailed.

As she gets older and begins to ask questions I will tell her what she needs to know on an age appropriate basis. She already knows that when a man and woman share a bed, they might be having a baby and that the baby stays in the mother's tummy until it is ready to come out. That's her intercourse and biology education thus far.

I have also set clear PDA rules for her, holding hands, hugs, and kisses on the cheek are OK, but kissing on the lips and grabbing each others bottoms is off limits.
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That's great. You have told them just the right amount of information. There's no reason to scare them with too much information.
 
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