Sex education.

[Sqad]

I had breakfast with a mate of mine and his wife and the topic of conversion was that their 10year old son who attends a Catholic School had been given sex lessons with video support on sex, both for procreation and for sexual pleasure. The child who is super intelligent ( which isnt?) asked specific questions about the sexual act of his parents.
Now, the main bone of contention was that if the sexual education was THAT graphic and specific, shouldn´t the school have described or indeed mentioned....contraception?

[ummmm]

Catholic school...

[237SJ]

It`s a catholic school so they wouldn`t mention it, would they?

[cazzz1975]

lol@ummm. very true..

[sandyRoe]

No. As it was a Catholic school they would have made it very clear that sex was only to be enjoyed inside marriage and then solely for procreation

[Sqad]

<<shouldn´t the school have described or indeed mentioned....contraception?<<

I said shouldnt they......not wouldn´t they.

In fact neither of the parents were Catholics......the wife was Chinese and the husband a British atheist.

[237SJ]

No disrespect, but why would an athiest send their kid to a faith school?

[Sqad]

sandy.....read my post.......procreation AND pleasure was shown and by video.

cazz.....I must have missed ummmm´s point.....which apparently was funny.

[Sqad]

237SJ.....small island, best school for educational excellence.

[cazzz1975]

its standard catholic teaching, they broach contraception briefly in secondary school when the kids have matured enough to absorb it. I went to a catholic school and rightly or wrongly they didnt make any bones about where they stood about sex education, you were almost frowned on if you lingered on the subject of contraception.

[cazzz1975]

catholic school tend to discourage contraception..

[Sqad]

Fine....my question answered and I will give my mate a précis of your answers.

No, after lessons on sex for procreation for pleasure, advice on contraception need not be given.

Thanks.

[mollykins]

Seeing as the boy seems mature and doesn't come from a catholic family and seems comfortable talking about it to his parents, couldn't his parents teach him about contraception if the school won't and they want him to be safe?

[Jemisa]

Perhaps I'm old fashioned here but yes I agree with sex education but at 10 years old? and I think a bit too young for the graphic stuff.
I think its 13 over here isn't it? and the parents have to sign to agree that they think their child is ready for this.

jem

[DEN53]

Jem - I have just been reading the 'Daddy's Poem' you just sent to me - I am balling my eyes out here into my Special K.

Put it on Answerbank.

[mollykins]

Someone posted about their 7 year old having SE lessons. Weren't they asking whether they should let their son see the video or something?

[Sqad]

mollkins.....good and sensible answer.

Apparently, there was more to it than than, in that most of the parents were mainly "up in arms" because the subject was raised at all.

[Jemisa]

I thought about it Den, but its a bit too long I think. - Jem


(Sorry to intrude on your thread Sqad.)

[McMouse]

In the context of sex lessons describing the act, whether for procreation or pleasure, I don't think contraception is a necessary element. In the same way it would not be necessary to detail homosexual practices, bondage or other sexual activities, or for that matter the dangers of unprotected sex.