Teaching kids about sex

[freebird]

For those of you who are educators or parents, when is an appropriate time to teach children about sex and how much info is too much?

 

[Joshua Farrell]

I was told some of the basics in Grade 5/ Year 5, so I would begin with telling about the basics at around that age, and tell them more when they get closer to being an adult.

 

[Mr. Duck]

I was told by school in year 6 but by my parents in year 5

 

[_AktvsTT]

It's getting younger and youger, and if you ask me that's pretty wrong. But then again in (most of our) countries it's the orm for the media to completely oversexualised, which also is pretty wrong.

Who knows when it's right, but it's certainly not the way it is right now.

What happened to innocence?

 

[Guardian]

It is/should be a gradual process depending on their age.

 

[Robi]

It depends on hte actual individual dont it, the best time to give advice is when you feel the child in question is ready for the knowledge of it.

 

[InfiniteJest]

Have em google it

 

[agentmanningctu]

Have em google it

If you rely on Google to teach kids about sex, you shouldn't be around kids.

 

[InfiniteJest]

Have em google it

If you rely on Google to teach kids about sex, you shouldn't be around kids.

Was a joke. Thought that was obvious.

 

[JayJACKEL!]

It was a troll.

Either way, it's always a sensitive topic, and you need to make sure your facts are 100% correct when teaching younger children about sex.

They have a capacity for learning grater than adults, and any information portrayed as homophobic, sexist etc. can have a massive psychological effect when growing up.

 

[Chadook]

everyone will take Grade "A"

 

[freebird]

I have been taking it little by little with my oldest but I'm afraid of the kid learning from friends and stuff or he might just decide to google it (haha) since he has gotten good at that too. Kids talk about the stuff pretty early now as I know I did at that age but my parents taught us about it kinda early.

 

[Gimgak]

When they get married.

 

[mancala1964]

I'm thinking every kid is different, it has to be on a case by case basis.

 

[danider]

I think parents have to be more liberal. The kids don't have to be afraid talking for sex with the parents. I think when the kid is 14-15 years old, someone should start talking for sex 🙂

 

[Gimgak]

I think parents have to be more liberal. The kids don't have to be afraid talking for sex with the parents. I think when the kid is 14-15 years old, someone should start talking for sex 🙂

You realize by the time they'll be 14-15 they'll probably already have had sex without knowing much about it? Remove the 1 before those 2 ages and you'll be correct though.

 

[Josh]

Did you learn it in school? I haven't learned and I'm in 8th grade. I learned about it from my parents.

 

[cityStatic]

I guess before they reach puberty, so I guess around grades 3-4.

 

[Jake]

It's different for every person. If they seem to be acting suspicious or you hear some weird noises at the crack of dawn, you should probably have the talk about the birds and the bees.. =)

 

[Nexus]

Christian School Approach:
Show they a diagram, "This is a Penis, This is a Vagina...if at any time that goes in there, you both are going to Hell for eternity."

Public School Approach:
Wait until they ask about it, or until they start Sex-Ed classes in school.

I Want To Be Famous On TV Approach:
Wait until you figure out your little girl doesn't actually have a tumor - that's called a pregnancy. And then discuss it with her after the birth in degrading or demoralizing ways such as, "Don't you wish you would have given up your baby now?"

*Of course there are more approaches, but none of them appropriate. haha Use your imagination.

-Rich