The age children should start sex education in school

[stacey]

i was wondering what peoples views are on the age children should start sex education in school.

i personally don't think my age group got any sex education at the appropriate age and the government seems to be putting parents off the idea by wanting to teach children at to young an age (5 years old)

[Gloria]

Hi Stacey! thanks for this interesting thread. In my opinion, sex education should start as soon as puberty starts. Most important hormonal changes in our sexual lives start at puberty. Puberty starts somewhere between 8 and 13 for girls and 9 and 14 for boys. In my opinion, parents should start teaching their children about the changes taking place in their bodies at early as 8. 12 seems a matured enough age for children to start sex education in school. The earlier the better! These days most teens lack sex education because parents feel shy to talk about sex and teachers think it is inappropriate to start sex education at a younger age. These days children as young as 12 are having sex because they think sex is fun! not knowing the consequences.