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Why model Children’s Sex Education on Extremes?
Introducing: the 13-year-old father who looks like he’s only seven years old. Alfie Patten of Britain is said to be the father of newborn daughter, Maisie.
Parents and educators take ear to the national alert siren going off in their moral consciences. They feel moved to raise the white flag to reality and take precautionary measures in order to prevent anymore 13-year-olds taking on the title of mom or dad.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that "primary schools in Britain have decided to deliver sex education to children as young as seven after boy-father Alfie Patten's story emerged earlier this month."
It is ridiculous that they will start teaching sexual education to students as young as seven. Any teacher or parent who supports this action is letting fear overtake their logic.
I am sure that a very large amount of couples who first had sex knew what they were doing. By teaching seven-year-olds about sex, schools would be giving them the knowledge to do it - no pun intended.
Just because there are a few exceptions, or outliers, every now and then of young teens having babies does not mean that it will become the norm. Those who it does happen to are usually brought up in poverty or have dysfunctional households or abusive families.
Parents need to step up and teach their kids proper morals and values related to relationships and sex. By teaching it at school it just opens students up to discuss and even experiment the subject with each other, with their parents out of the picture.
I agree with teaching 12 and 13-year-olds about sex, STDs, and birth control. This is when they need to know how to be healthy and responsible about sexual contact. But introducing the subject five years early is ridiculous.
Can you imagine kids who, just a couple years ago, would say things like, “Daddy, why does my peepee look different than yours?” having a diagram of a properly labeled vagina shown in their second grade class? The response would be anything but useful wisdom.
Not only is it funny, but it is logically pointless. At that age it would be impossible to understand and apply the sex education they learn of to their innocent lives.
Parents should never worry about their elementary school kids becoming parents. If they do, they should take a step back and realize that they shouldn’t mold what they teach their kids on freak accidents.
As for Alfie, he is the exception and I’m sure his parents must have taken a parenting vacation over the course of their boy becoming a father.
Seven-year-olds to get sex education thanks to boy-father Alfie Patten
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