The debate concerning where sex education should be taught seem to be intensifying as days progress. The rift between those who believe that it should be a school obligation to teach the children sex education and those who believe it should be a parent’s duty continues to widen. This paper gives a detailed analysis into this matter to make you more informed and help lessen the heat that surrounds this debate.
Schools are very instrumental for the development of the child. Modern parents are so busy to an extent they do not have time to spend with their children. The economy alone cannot allow them, even if they really want, to have a special time with their children. That being the case, the parents do not have time to share pertinent intimate information of sexuality with their children. Therefore, there comes a need to have someone else who can do that work in a very reliable manner and impartially. You find that schools or rather instructors spent most of the time with the children and thus forms a central part of the children’s lives. Mandating them with the obligation of taking care of the overall development of the children is not an option. The overall development of the children here includes sex education. As any other education helps the child develop, this too should be added in the list. Considering how these children’s parents are tied up by very busy schedules, the teachers are the only solution into this problem and this confirms why sex education continues to be taught in schools.
Doing the right thing at any time requires a well informed person. Education is the catalyst through which people learn to do the right thing always. Technocrats will say it is in school where discipline is well instilled and it is th...
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...t parents are the people every child trusts. That trust and sense of security makes the child freely ask or share sex information with his parents. Knowing how caring parents are, they would not hesitate to advice and teach accordingly their child on matters concerning his sexuality.
In conclusion, the two sides of the argument seem valid. Every side has a point. However, the plain truth is that sex education is needed and irrespective of who gives it should not be a point of discussion. Raising a child is a collective responsibility that includes the entire community. This means that both teachers in school and parents back at home need to cooperate to make this happen. The only point of correction should be on the flaws that exist on both sides. Everybody should play his role and when that has been done sex education will be effective both in school and at home.
As a teenager, I firmly believe that sex education should be taught in schools because students need to be educated. Many parents don’t address this topic at home, so school is the best opportunity. States that require sex education programs mandate that all students participate in these programs unless their parents decide to opt them out. How can parents do that? The parents have the right to have a say in whether or not their child is going to participate in these sorts of programs because “parental rights are derived from parental duty and exist only so long as they are needed for the protection ... of the child”. Sex education should be mandated in all public schools because it is a right to every student, the knowledge that they have about sex affects the student, not the parents.
Teenage sexual activity is a major problem confronting the nation and has led to a rising incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and teenage pregnancy. The existence of HIV/AIDS has given a sense of urgency to the topic of sex education. The issue of sex education in schools especially in the formative years has been a subject of intense debate among parents, school officials, health scientists and religious authorities worldwide for a considerable period of time. The debate centers on comprehensive sex education versus abstinence-only sex education in school. Abstinence only sex education is a sex education model that focuses on the virtue of abstinence from sexual activities; therefore, encouraging sexual abstinence until marriage. This form of sexual education completely ignores all other elements of comprehensive sexual education like safe sex and reproductive health education issues like the use of contraceptives and birth control methods. Comprehensive sex teaching encourages promiscuous sexual activity as “a natural part of life.” Proponents of abstinence only education activists cite several reasons why this type of education is the best. It focuses on the upholding of moral virtues. They also claim that sex outside marriage hat is “encouraged” by the comprehensive sex education which as a result, has some emotional and physical downfall especially when done at a very young age. They blame the comprehensive sex education for failing to discourage premarital sex especially at this time when the HIV pandemic is busy devouring young people in various parts of the world (Deborah 2). In fairness, both programs were designed to decrease the incidence of STDs...
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Not unlike most debates, there are two major schools of thought when it comes to sex education in schools in the United States of America. One side believes that teaching abstinence to students helps them wait till marriage in a society that constantly pushes sexual imagery and language at them. Such people are supporters of what is known as abstinence based and abstinence-only education. The other side believes that students should receive comprehensive sexual education, where they are provided detailed information about intercourse, contraception, including abstinence, and STI transmission/treatment (Masland 2004). Sex education in the United States has consistently been a debate since the 1960 's. The controversy lies mainly in what schools should and should not be allowed to teach. The most common contention points are: birth control and contraception, Homosexuality (LGBTQ), abstinence-only, HIV awareness and education, and abortion. Objectively this
Thirdly, sex education at home would avoid “class” prejudiced. The people who are being given sexual education are teenagers and they have a stereotype about the word “class”. They normally think class is the mixture of boring lecture and monotone voice so they would not pay attention. In other case, when parents giving lecture about sex, it would not be considered a class. It would be just a serious discussion of a mother or a father to the
Sex and relationship education (SRE) is supporting children through their moral, physical and psychological aspects of growing up to be an adult, and making sure they have knowledge on relationships, sex, human sexuality and sexual health (Sex Education Forum, 2010). There are three main elements in SRE, the first element is attitudes and values, which is about developing positive values and be able to consider moral issues before they make their decisions on having intercourse (Kirby, 2007). The second element is personal and social skills, which is about teaching children to have the confidence to value themselves and others to become respectful for individual conscience and the skills to judge the kind of relationship they want; the third element is about accessing the knowledge and understanding of human sexuality, reproduction, sexual health, emotions and relationships (Kirby, 2007). The potential effect of SRE should be seen in these three areas, which includes reduction in teenager pregnancy, and the chances of getting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and being sexually assault, etc. As SRE can either be given at home to the child by parents, in school by teachers, or in youth organizations, alternative educational institutions, or youth offending organizations by Shine staffs or trained peer educators and volunteers (Levy 1992). This essay is mainly going to focus on the teacher-led SRE given in school and discuss whether it is beneficial or not, with the support of the positive outcome of children having SRE in relation of STDs, pregnancy and peer violence, and also the actual fact of SRE being not useful, supported with the data of teenagers not receiving the knowledge they should have been taught in SRE, and high te...
However even though sex education was still heavily debated and opposed by many, public health concern made it inevitable that it would be taught. This was mainly due to the increased cases of STI and the spread of HIV during the 1980s. Sex education was no longer just a matter for the home, but a public safety concern. Once it was determine that sex education was going to be taught in school, the argument went from if to how it was to taught. There were several aspects commonly debated. The debate on the structure of sex education included, should information be shared from a moral, amoral, religious or medical standpoint At this time due to external...
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In the United States, there is a rising problem that is not going anywhere anytime soon, that is if we, as citizens, don 't change it. This problem is causing billions of dollars and people 's futures all because schools would rather teach ignorance than the truth. What’s the problem? Sex education. Although sex education may not seem like a rising conflict, it is actually one of the top controversial topics in our country regarding education. According to Brigid McKeon, “Each year, U.S. teens experience as many as 850,000 pregnancies, and youth under age 25 experience about 9.1 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs)” (McKeon). This number is so unbelievable to any sane person, but somehow schools still won 't take the initiative to teach realistic sex education. Sex education can be taught in two different procedures- comprehensive or abstinence only. The difference between the two methods is that comprehensive sex education teaches abstinence as a secondary choice, so that teens who decide not to wait are well educated on how to keep themselves protected. Comprehensive sex education should be required in every single public school because it is the most effective method on how to keep teenagers well informed and prepared.
Sex among teenagers is one of the most controversial topics of our time. The teen pregnancy and STD rates in the United States alone have become a major problem over the years. Despite these skyrocketing sex cases, sexual education is not being taught in some schools, and the ones that do are extremely limited. Parents, the government, organizations, and school boards do not teach the proper curriculum necessary for students to thoroughly understand sexual behavior. This essay will explain the need for proper sexual education in our schools.
Whereas, the Sexual Education program promotes safe sex and knowledge of the sex and it’s consequences. The motto would be, “Knowledge is Power.” As a result of this program has decreased the rate of unplanned pregnancy and sexual disease outbreak. This is why it is argued that Sexual Education should be taught in the public school system.
Sex education is an aspect of life that affects everyone, and the fact that it is vainly dismissed is flawed. Policies so far in school seem to be changing into better programs, but sex education is also affected by the parents perspective. Kids being taught about sex education at a young age is a good thing, for in this subject ignorance is not always bliss. Hopefully the nation develops into adoptive this view in all
Before moving on, one must know that sex education is about, but not limited to the discussion of sexual intercourse. As a Buzzle article states, it involves a multitude of topics that introduce human sexual behaviors such as puberty, sexual health, sexual reproduction, sexuality, and more (Iyer). If formally received in school, these topics are brought up and discussed at age-appropriate times over the course of children’s junior high and high school education. Moreover, as I have introduced earlier, the way sex education should be taught is divided into two approaches. It is between taking either a conservative, abstinence-only approach or a more liberal, comprehensive approach. Abstinence-only education, approaches students by stressing the importance of “no sex before marriage” as be...
The need for sex education is very questionable in today’s society. An article by Pamela DeCarlo, from the Centre for AIDS Prevention Studies, discusses why sex education is needed in schools. She asks why education on this subject is needed and if will help or hurt today’s children. Her view of the issue is that kids do need to have education to help to protect them but that it isn’t enough to prevent them from receiving STD’s and becoming pregnant. “Knowledge alone is not enough to change behaviors.” DeCarlo also says that, “Programs that rely mainly on conveying information about sex or moral precepts-how...
First, sex education gives the children general knowledge about the sexual side of life, such as the differences between boys and girls and puberty. Teachers must clearly and intelligibly ...