From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!hpda!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-kirk!russ
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Re: Birth Control Education - (nf)
Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.960
Posted: Sat Apr 23 00:30:20 1983
Received: Fri Apr 29 09:43:37 1983

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hp-kirk!russ    Apr 21 10:25:00 1983

The problem with teaching kids things that they're not ready for is
that they just ignore it.  Try teaching a second grader who's learned
to add and subtract (you can subtract a larger number from a smaller number!)
about negative numbers.  The background is not there.  Likewise for sex ed.

Until kids start to become interested in sex, sex ed is useless.
Unfortunately, everyone becomes interested in sex at different times, thus
making it difficult to schedule a sex ed class.  Therefore, for purely
administrative reasons, parents are the best sex ed teachers.  Personally,
my father took me aside long after I learned about sex on the streets and
asked me "If there was anything I'd like to know".  I replied "No", and
he was relieved.  Oh well.

Perhaps a short sex ed class each year with pointers to books to read?

		Russ Nelson...hp-pcd!hp-cvd!russ