Comments on: Why sex education? Why now? http://karenrayne.com/2008/10/20/why-sex-education-why-now/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:05:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Alice http://karenrayne.com/2008/10/20/why-sex-education-why-now/comment-page-1/#comment-3761 Alice Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:14:02 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=458#comment-3761 My kid isn't three yet, and when I picked her up at school today she was lovingly squeezing the foot of her friend's baby brother. She said to me, "Mommy, that baby came out of [friend's] mommy's tummy!" I don't even know how she knew [i]that[/i], as young as she is, although I did take it as an opportunity to teach her the word "uterus." And yeah, as a former teenager myself, I certainly agree with the feeling that there was no one to talk to. (And this was before the Internet!) I also can't figure out how kids over the age of nine or ten could possibly be harmed by hearing about what their bodies do, how babies are made, how babies are prevented, and how people relate to each other emotionally. My kid isn’t three yet, and when I picked her up at school today she was lovingly squeezing the foot of her friend’s baby brother. She said to me, “Mommy, that baby came out of [friend's] mommy’s tummy!” I don’t even know how she knew [i]that[/i], as young as she is, although I did take it as an opportunity to teach her the word “uterus.”

And yeah, as a former teenager myself, I certainly agree with the feeling that there was no one to talk to. (And this was before the Internet!) I also can’t figure out how kids over the age of nine or ten could possibly be harmed by hearing about what their bodies do, how babies are made, how babies are prevented, and how people relate to each other emotionally.

]]> By: Kristal http://karenrayne.com/2008/10/20/why-sex-education-why-now/comment-page-1/#comment-3760 Kristal Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:08:08 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=458#comment-3760 I really hope that, as my own kids and small friends get older, they will trust me enough to ask me questions. I also hope that my kids will have other trusted adults they can talk to. I plan to avoid the hole of misinformation I fell into as an adolescent, which happened mostly because everyone assumed someone else was giving me the right information. I didn't take sex-ed in school, my parents handed me a book and told me to ask them any questions. I didn't have any close adult friends, and my peers were being a bunch of horny idiots. Most of what I know I learned from wading through many internet sites, trying to find reliable info. All that to say that I agree with you on the importance of parents in being pro-active when it comes to talking to kids about sexuality and all that it entails. Your perspective helps me to reflect on how I want to teach my kids. Thank you. (RE: Victoria's Secret. Check out catalogchoice.org. You can register with them and request that VS stop sending catalogs. It's worked for me!) I really hope that, as my own kids and small friends get older, they will trust me enough to ask me questions. I also hope that my kids will have other trusted adults they can talk to. I plan to avoid the hole of misinformation I fell into as an adolescent, which happened mostly because everyone assumed someone else was giving me the right information. I didn’t take sex-ed in school, my parents handed me a book and told me to ask them any questions. I didn’t have any close adult friends, and my peers were being a bunch of horny idiots. Most of what I know I learned from wading through many internet sites, trying to find reliable info. All that to say that I agree with you on the importance of parents in being pro-active when it comes to talking to kids about sexuality and all that it entails. Your perspective helps me to reflect on how I want to teach my kids. Thank you.

(RE: Victoria’s Secret. Check out catalogchoice.org. You can register with them and request that VS stop sending catalogs. It’s worked for me!)

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