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Originally Posted by teashoci
if your twelve years old and you do not know about sex, std's, homosexuality , etc.
there is something wrong with you.
for christ sake lets not insult childrens intelligence they know far more than you think they do and its harmless, sex education will not get a child into trouble, only a lack of communication between parent and child will, so stop pushing the blame elswhere when something goes wrong.
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Not consistently, and particularly with the advent of homeschooling. You are assuming it has to do with intelligence, but it has more to do with exposure and experience.
Years ago i used to babysit. I remember not understanding one little boy when he kept saying to me, "I have to make cocoa." In his family that was the euphemism they used for having to go to the bathroom. He had no idea of saying it any other way, because he hadn't been exposed to people outside his little circle.
Some families are very isolated and some communities are very prudish about what can be discussed. Even in communities where sex is blatantly discussed, the health aspects of sex often are not discussed, and parents may be too ignorant of sexual health issues to teach their children safe sex even if they wanted to.
I've known communities where using a condom is considered unmasculine. This is not just about education... sometimes it's combatting misinformation, unhealthy practices in a community, and down right stupidity.
I think i've stated this before, but my sister in law was a counsellor in a women's clinic, and on several occassions she had adult women who were so uninformed about health that they literally did not know how to take their own temperature!
So i think your assumption that children are better informed is incorrect. If many of parents don't know safe sexual habits, how to avoid pregnacy, or how to be healthy during pregnancy, how can they teach it?
Some children are informed, many obviously are not. Just because some kids know how to read before they come to school doesn't mean we don't make all the children take reading. It's too important to miss.