No Sex Education in Elementary Schools!

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Have parents lost all control in the decision of when to teach their children about sex and sexual matters? In some states across America, it sure seems that way. Over the past decade, seventeen states have adopted mandates to teach comprehensive sex education, and thirty more have supported it (internet). West Virginia schools have implemented sex education in most high schools, but it may seep even further down, possibly to your community's elementary schools. While people are divided and confused in their concerns of this class being taught in grade schools, I disagree with the course being studied from kindergarten through third grades. Sex education should only be taught when a child inquires or one feels it is time for the child to know.

My opposition would say that sex education is beneficial because it teaches children about pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in this "mean, scary, dangerous world" or it helps children understand the opposite sex, or it helps children read the signs of what is bad touching. These topics alone would be acceptable, but sex education classes in elementary schools are not stopping there. According to the curriculum, "Learning About Family Life," by Barbara Sprung, an early-childhood educator, was published by the Rutgers University Press. This curriculum, for pupils from kindergarten through third grade, includes information on intercourse, masturbation, reproduction, fetal growth, and many other debatable topics. This book alone has provoked much discussion and argument and, in one school district, a bitter confrontation between officials and a group of parents (Shaheen 1). For those of you who believe the above topics are inappropriate for young chi...

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Schneider, Lori. Personal interview. 4 Oct. 1998

Shaheen, Jacqueline. "Early Grade Sex Course is Debated." The New York Times 30 Jan. 1994: 1+

Shaheen, Jacqueline. "'Family Life' Stories." The New York Times 30 Jan. 1994: 4

Van Tassel, Priscilla. "Debate on Sex Education Flares Anew in Trenton." The New York Times 16 May 1993: 1+

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