hells yea the sooner you know about it the sooner you can get on that S**T

yes they should teach sex ed in elem.school.i am a l/d nurse and i get pt's @ 12 and 13 having their second child.women who are 21 having the 5 or 6th kid it's insane ,babies having babies.they need to educate these kids better in school because the parenst are not doing it.

i think if you teach kids earlier then they will want to have sex sooner... i would rather my kids not even know about it until high school!! but the world doesn't work that way so i guess the more kids know the better protected they can be and more aware of disease and teen pregnancy

what happened to a child been allowed to keep their innocence.

what exactly is elementary school? sorry for my cluelessness. My school went from k-7 then 8-12 was high school. I think sex ed should begin in 4th grade. I was already a horn dog by the time i hit this grade and that was without sex ed.

I think with the teen pregnancy rate it should be taught. I have three kids myself from ages 9 to 14. I am very open with them and we talk about everything but some kids do not have that. I think that they need to be taught by the right people and not wait for them to be educated by their peers. It also helps them with knowing more about their own bodies as well and the changes that they are and will be going through. Today children are developing at a much faster rate then when I was a kid and girls don't look like little girls anymore. So, I say yes educate them not only to prevent babies but STDs aswell.

I think there needs to be a fair balance. I don't think it should be presented in a way that promotes sex, but one that at least educates kids on what's going on In Case they don't know and aren't being taught.
When I was in 4th grade, there were kids who were having sex, but I was a pretty naive 4th grader, not that I didn't know about sex (my mom was very open with me), but I just wasn't in the crew that would really be interested in that at such a young age.
It's important to know, because sometimes the more you're aware of reality, the more real you can accept it to be instead of just thinking sex is Purely about a good time. It's unfortunate that people's childhood is Gone because they have a kid of their own before they were even done being one.
It's good to be educated so that if someone does make a decision they don't do it unaware of the possible results, but pushing young people towards a premature sexual awakening can be very dangerous and damaging as well.

i think that sex and homosexuality should be educated. Homosexuality is a normal part of life. And has scientific background that justifies it.

Not only straight people enter the world with no knowledge on sex but gay people are also not aware of what support and knowledge of where safe sex information is about.

Life skills. Whatever your gender and colour.....

Tara wrote:

what happened to a child been allowed to keep their innocence.

there is a fine line between innocence and ignorance.
If you teach children as mature person, then they will grow up making the right choices.

At the end of the day, its about the parents. Its about upbringing. Having role models and good parents to pass on good habits.

Being informed and aware of sex doesn't being one losses their innocence.
Thats just silly.

I think maybe parents should stop being lazy and educate their own children! Stop depending on the school to raise your kids.

MIDDLE SCHOOL (6-8) is where it should be taught.

My apologies, that should read 6-8 grade.

parents have the responsibility of teaching their kids about sex, but since they spend alot of their time at school and it's starting to happen in elementary schools now it should be taught at school also. every parent doesn't know how or when to talk to their kids about sex and every child doesn't listen to their parents. so yes i believe it should be taught in school

I find it interesting that most people think sex education should be taught at elementary levels. I agree with this because I know that children as young as 1st & second grade start questing about their bodies & comparing male and females..I also agree that parents should take part in teaching, but reality is that don't happen. The part I find interesting is that when it comes to art, anything about the human body and nudity is shunned, but not sex ed!

i for one dont need sex ed. im in eighth grade and ive knocked up 7 girls....... in 30 minutes!!! i wouldnt learn anything from sex ed.

Parents aren't worth a damn anymore. I HATE THIS SICK PLANET!! All of you that agree to teaching children how to have sex should be wiped off the face of the earth. All that agree to children being taught sex are exactly the same as a child molester (EXACTLY THE SAME!!!) Sad...sex should be the one thing not on a childs mind.

CES wrote:

I think there needs to be a fair balance. I don't think it should be presented in a way that promotes sex, but one that at least educates kids on what's going on In Case they don't know and aren't being taught...
...It's good to be educated so that if someone does make a decision they don't do it unaware of the possible results, but pushing young people towards a premature sexual awakening can be very dangerous and damaging as well.

The important thing to clarify here is that Sex Education is just that: education. It does NOT promote sexual activity, it just explains it, and points out the various repercussions. Learning about something does not automatically result in the person going out and doing it. Following that logic would mean that every child who learned about drugs and drug prevention in school would automatically become a user.

look im 17 and i dont think it should be taught in elementary because thats to young of an age. I wouldnt want my baby sister hearing those things.
it should be taught more in the middle school or something like that.

7 & 8 year olds have been caught having sex in bathrooms; They need to be informed. They're gunna do it anyways.

Brandie C wrote:

7 & 8 year olds have been caught having sex in bathrooms; They need to be informed. They're gunna do it anyways.

7 & 8? Well that sounds to me that they are being taught at home!!
Mine is 7 and she thinks sex is 2 people just laying naked in bed... just because what she sees on the local channels. But the "s" word is out she knows it exists, so yeah it won't be long.
There will be a point and time that I see fit to start the conversation and it will end the day I die. Cause we all learn something new to talk about.

So you know this is a double edge sword --- Parents don't care what their children see and hear or teach them better, so theirs might benefit at earlier age.... Then there is parents such as myself than can and will handle it on my time my way.