Are you going to teach your child about sex or are you going to rely on the school?

Teach them always, I shouldn't have to rely on a teacher who technically is a stranger in my child's life to teach them about sex.

Why is both not an option? Parents will teach in a more personalised and emotive way, whereas teachers will address it more from a factual and scientific point of view.

@Grace because I’m thinking mostly about first introduction But why wouldn’t parents be teaching factual and scientific?

We taught our kids. But our schools do have excellent comprehensive sex education

I was sexually abused from ages 2 to 14 and nobody talked about it so I just assumed that it was normal. So I definitely have made sure that my children know about bodily autonomy and like advocating and body awareness because that stuff does happen and that stuff does really happen a lot when it comes to family members. So just food for thought.

@Asha I mean I would be but some parents don't know or maybe don't understand what information should be shared and at what age therefore a teaching professional might be more appropriate as they have training and know what exactly to teach

Both. We want to ensure we have a safe, open, judgement free environment where our kids are free to ask questions and discuss concerns.

Both

I learned nothing from school and I had my first son at 18 I’ve been completely open with him (he’s now 16) I believe it’s the best way to teach safe sex and have them understand how important it is

@Grace if you’re not teaching in an informed manner then to me it feels like one is relying on outside influences (like teachers) to do the job

@Asha I am saying other parents who may not understand the science may rely on teachers for that, however I still think all parents should be speaking to their children about sex from a more emotive and social point of view, which teachers will not do in the same way. Ideally all parents would have an understanding of the factual side of sex education but unfortunately it just isn't the case.

@Grace I think we’re saying the same thing But I’m saying why I didn’t put both

I guess I will say that the schools I attended did not start teaching sex education until the 9th grade.

I was unfortunately molested by my middle school teacher because my parent refused to talk about sex with me and also opted out of the school to teach me about sex ed. I’ll definitely be educating my kids on everything they need to know.

Teach myself 100%. I want my kids to know they can come to me about anything, so I think I model that by teaching them the things that might be "uncomfortable "