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Should Children be taught how to have Sex??

When kids are younger they're taught personal respect and respecting others.
"Don't touch other people's private places"
"Don't let people touch your private places" - things like that. These are preventative measures and ideal for the age groups.

When they're 5th grade and up (depending on school they're in) they're taught the science of biology and reproduction.

But anything beyond that should be purely up to the parents and/or the individual - schools shouldn't go beyond the facts and those things that are essential for hte student's wellbeing (as are the preventative self-respect issues in the early years).

I don't intend on being a sex-guide for my kids beyond the essentials of sex-ed and encouraging safe sex and BC use.
Details and how-to's are not my place. Sex in a relationship and an active part of someone's life should be something they discover and learn on their own, it's not my place. In part because it's such a personal thing that includes preferences and interests and often can only be learned through experience with a partner - not by the involvement and discussion with a parent.

That's my view, anyway - perhaps if I had a different family dynamic growing up or a closer and more 'casual' relationship with my parents I'd feel different. I don't even discuss politics and religion with them, let alone sex.
 
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No! They should be forced to bungle their way through it like I had to... :lol:
 
Teach them to be better lovers? Or how to do it safely? Or both?

The former would be controversial, but awesome. The latter is commonplace, yet some people still think that "AIDS is bad, but condoms are worse. Just teach abstinence, if you don't drive you cant get into an accident!"

Yeah... or go anywhere...
 
Lachean said:
Teach them to be better lovers?
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HighSchool Teacher said:
Ok class, time to open up Joy of Sex to page 17 and find your partners. Everyone remember your safety words?
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Yeah, I don't see that happening in any sort of public school any time soon.
 
to let School take on the responsibility of teaching Our children about sex, is not my idea of how things should work. that is a Parents responsibility. Schools are not parents.
 
Skateguy said:
---We teach them everything else, yet for one of the most important acts they will take part in, we let them just experiment all on their own. We act like it is dirty, and to not be talked about. And that sex is only for adults. Why is sex only for adults?? Adult do no better than Kids with it. Children are not "Sexless" in case you don't remember your younger years. --We now have more teen pregnancies that ever before. and it is not due to the lack of condom availability.--And a class room setting, with charts, and giggling is not the answer._--I do mean this to strickly apply to the Kids Parents, and no one else.
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Donate they babies to charity ^^ and then when kids die they can be replaced :D or we could promote cloning amongst everyone who wants an asian baby ^^
 
I don't think kids need to be taught how to have sex, but sex and sexuality should be openly discussed between parent and child. There is nothing disgusting or dirty about it.
 
hiswoman said:
I don't think kids need to be taught how to have sex, but sex and sexuality should be openly discussed between parent and child. There is nothing disgusting or dirty about it.
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Teaching theory is good, but not the same as actually getting behind the wheel. We teach our Children how to brush their teeth, give themselves a bath, and how to wipe their little bottoms. so why would it be unreasonable to teach them the basic mechanics of the sex act??---I did not do that with My Sons, for the same reasons others have posted. but I feel that if done properly, it could only help. Plus eliminate any stigma of dirtiness. Or create an atmosphere of having to hide what they do. It is after all, Natural.---I know people that still feel sex is dirty even in adulthood.
 
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Skateguy said:
Teaching theory is good, but not the same as actually getting behind the wheel. We teach our Children how to brush their teeth, give themselves a bath, and how to wipe their little bottoms. so why would it be unreasonable to teach them the basic mechanics of the sex act??---I did not do that with My Sons, for the same reasons others have posted. but I feel that if done properly, it could only help. Plus eliminate any stigma of dirtiness. Or create an atmosphere of having to hide what they do. It is after all, Natural.---I know people that still feel sex is dirty even in adulthood.
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At the very least, it is a matter of privacy, between a Man and woman. I don't want anyone's eyes on what we're doing.
 
Skateguy said:
Teaching theory is good, but not the same as actually getting behind the wheel. We teach our Children how to brush their teeth, give themselves a bath, and how to wipe their little bottoms. so why would it be unreasonable to teach them the basic mechanics of the sex act??---I did not do that with My Sons, for the same reasons others have posted. but I feel that if done properly, it could only help. Plus eliminate any stigma of dirtiness. Or create an atmosphere of having to hide what they do. It is after all, Natural.---I know people that still feel sex is dirty even in adulthood.
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I don't think you need to learn "how". I think it's a pretty instinctual act once you have the right hormones flowing.
 
Skateguy said:
Teaching theory is good, but not the same as actually getting behind the wheel. We teach our Children how to brush their teeth, give themselves a bath, and how to wipe their little bottoms. so why would it be unreasonable to teach them the basic mechanics of the sex act??---I did not do that with My Sons, for the same reasons others have posted. but I feel that if done properly, it could only help. Plus eliminate any stigma of dirtiness. Or create an atmosphere of having to hide what they do. It is after all, Natural.---I know people that still feel sex is dirty even in adulthood.
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this thread needs to die.
 
Skateguy said:
Teaching theory is good, but not the same as actually getting behind the wheel. We teach our Children how to brush their teeth, give themselves a bath, and how to wipe their little bottoms. so why would it be unreasonable to teach them the basic mechanics of the sex act??---I did not do that with My Sons, for the same reasons others have posted. but I feel that if done properly, it could only help. Plus eliminate any stigma of dirtiness. Or create an atmosphere of having to hide what they do. It is after all, Natural.---I know people that still feel sex is dirty even in adulthood.
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Plus... I might be revealing too much about myself here, but the 'dirtiness' is part of what makes it exciting. If it were just a sterile biological process then what fun is that!?
 
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