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« on: October 02, 2006, 06:57:50 AM »
Only one answer? I was hoping for more info.
I know the public schools here don't do anything about sex ed thru 5th grade. Don't know what they do after that.
The private school the girls are in does . . . they have field trips (seperated by sex for several years) to the Fernbank Science Center where they have age appropriate classes. They start out teaching the kids how their bodies work and what parts they have in 5th grade. They go on from there each year and add more. So far, I've remained ahead of the curve . . . DD#1 knew a lot of what they taught each year before the field trip (not so sure about DD#2, but since she's in 5th this year, I better figure out what she knows).
The High School has a guy from the CDC coming in this week to talk to the kids. He talked to the 11th/12th graders together last week and answered any questions they had. (The questions were submitted prior to his talk in envelopes thru the english teachers - tho there was also a q&a session during the chat). The 10th graders went by themselves and the 9th graders will go by themselves tomorrow. There was a parents session after the 11th/12th graders and we were given a list of the questions asked . . . . . All I gotta say is WOW! There were some doozies on there.
I think it's information that my daughter will need someday, but she doesn't yet. I had the option of saying she couldn't go, and considered taking it but ended up giving permission. We've had 3 or 4 really good conversations about things she didn't know or understand in the last week, so at least she'll have an idea what they are talking about.