Some articles on sex ed.
Nov. 17th, 2011 07:06 pmWhat We Can Learn From the Dutch About Teen Sex
Another article on a very positive sex-ed class in a private school. There are several comments in the comments section from former students all raving about the class.
To Skip the 'Talk' About Sex, Have an Ongoing Dialogue
This is mostly an okay article, except one weird thing. They give the example of a girl, 14, who had started talking to a boy online and then sent a number of texts back and forth. They gave NO detail about why this is a concern (was she sending her address to him? personal pictures?), and end on the apparently happy note that the girl decided that with the "dangers" of "connecting to people online" she'd promise never to do it again. Because there's no way to talk to people safely on the internet? Weird.
Another article on a very positive sex-ed class in a private school. There are several comments in the comments section from former students all raving about the class.
To Skip the 'Talk' About Sex, Have an Ongoing Dialogue
This is mostly an okay article, except one weird thing. They give the example of a girl, 14, who had started talking to a boy online and then sent a number of texts back and forth. They gave NO detail about why this is a concern (was she sending her address to him? personal pictures?), and end on the apparently happy note that the girl decided that with the "dangers" of "connecting to people online" she'd promise never to do it again. Because there's no way to talk to people safely on the internet? Weird.