Sex Education for 5 Year Olds

[DEN53]

Not sure if anyone else has posted this.

http://www.dailymail....explicit-lessons.html


I personally think 5 years old is far too young to fill their heads with this. Let them be children, for gods sake.

[joggerjayne]

I'm not a parent, but this sounds waaay too young.

[B00]

Mines 6 and knows none of this, and that's the way it's going to stay until she hits high school. No way no how does she need to know any of this yet.

Incidently, according to her daddy, she doesn't need to know any of it at all, as she won't be allowed out on dates until she's 35 :-)

[gingejbee]

No doubt another balanced article from the DM. I won't waste my time reading it....

[Sqad]

Den.....I have been thinking about that all the morning.

Me as five year old with my parents.......it would have been out of the question, however, we have "enlightened" parents in an "enlightened" and more "parent/child savvy" era, so I have to say.................."what the HELL, tell um all about it"

[DEN53]

B00 I agree with Daddy - 35 is the right age for dating - hahaha

I have a Infant/Junior School at the end of my road. To see the littens skipping past or riding their scooters to School in the morning, they look so cute and happy. Don't fill their heads with adult stuff. Let them have their innocence.

[redcrx]

id be furious, let these kids stay kids for a bit longer please!!

my son is 5, at the age of 4 I was called into nursery for a chat with the manager. She told me that had been concerned about something he had said to staff. Apparently he had said "when im older im going to have sex and babies". That was enough to alert them. what he really said (luckily he told another staff member in a clearer voice) was "when im older im going to have sixteen babies". They knew that they had misheard and nothing happened but they are all trained to listen out for any signs that a child is talking about sex etc in case its linked to child abuse.

so now a 5 year old is going to be told all about the ins and outs (excuse the pun)? at what point will we keep our children innocent, and how will we know if a child is telling something theyve heard in class or trying to get across something more serious?

[LoftyLottie]

Good grief!! I agree with you DEN53. Children of that age certainly don't need to know all this. Children actually lead us with what we feel we can tell them. I don't think there is a right or wrong age, but questions will come from them and we can tell them what we know they can accept. Why tell them things that are beyond their comprehension, such as about orgasms!!

Daft! I certainly would not have been happy if the school had used this book in teaching my son when he was 6.

[joggerjayne]

I started boarding school at 11.

A few nights chatting in the dorms to the girls with older siblings, and we knew EVERYTHING !!

It was the only topic of conversation.

[pastafreak]

Way,way TOO early. Why don't they distribute the books to parents,so they can then pick and choose how,when and what their little ones learn. As has been said-all children are different-both in their curiousity,and in what they can understand.Then-formal sex education can be implemented when they are mature enough.

[joggerjayne]

LOL, pasty ... !!

I could just imagine Daddy sitting there with "THAT book" coughing politely ...

... and wondering where to start.

And me sitting there thinking "Daddy, I am SO way ahead of you here".

LOL

[follyfancier]

I remember when my niece was about 4 or 5 she asked how babies were made because she had just had a baby brother, my sister told her the truth , what bit went where etc ,
she just replied "Oh don,t be so silly Mummy"

[pastafreak]

[email protected] had an exceptional education...;-0
...but there may have been a few mis-conceptions thrown in?...from your fellow 11yr olds.....

[Bobbisox]

Hi DEN, saw this debated on TWS this morning, I could no more it Ben down and say
"Daddy inserts penis into mammys vagina"
"Daddy releases sperm..blah blah blah"
far too young, as you say, let them be kids

[joggerjayne]

Misconceptions ??

Oh, yeeeah ... you better believe it !!

[LoftyLottie]

My son asked when he was really young - definitely less than five. He was in the bath and we were chatting. I just basically explained in the simplest language I could about special cuddles and ladies having special places (you know the sort of thing I mean!) His answer "I was looking forward to being a man - I'm not now"

Mind you I don't think he feels like that now!!!!

[ummmm]

So when a child asks 'where do babies come from?' what are you suppose to answer?

Me personally....I told the truth no matter what age they are. I found the younger they are the less 'grossed out' they were.

I do agree that it should be the job of the parents though. 5 is too young to have it taught if they are not already asking questions.

[Bobbisox]

simple is best LL imo
(funny answer from him tho ;-)

[LoftyLottie]

At about 8 or 9 years old a friend told me that nun's collected jars of sperm from men and gave them to ladies!! Goodness knows where that came from. I went home and asked my mum if it was true!! It's something that has always stuck in my mind.

[joggerjayne]

stork ?

mulberry bush ?

(it's a shame the mulberry bush hands out babies, rather than Mulberrry gear!)