Father removes 9 yr old daughter from school over sex ed lessons

icanhandthemback

I know someone who back in the day masturbated from a young age (certainly younger than 9) and at 11 suddenly ejaculated. He was terrified that he had broken it and after a month of agonising worry took himself off to the school library to find out how much damage he had done. He didn't dare tell his mother and his father worked away. He wasn't sure that other boys of his age did this so was completely on his own. Imagine his relief when the library told him he was perfectly normal and he could masturbate to his heart's content! 2 years later, he got a sex education based on the biology of an animal!

That poor boy!!

Poor lad. In a similar way, my mum had no idea what was happening when her period started. It must have been terrifying.

It is really important to talk to children about their bodies before they start to change, and to try to foster an atmosphere where there is no embarrassment.

I remember having a book. I don't know where it came from but it was called How Your Body Works and the page on reproduction, I'm pretty sure I remember being 2 train carriages docking lol

I am utterly shocked that this sort of material is being shown to such young children. We were at least 15 before anything like that was attempted at my school. I would love to know who is spearheading all of this and what their agenda is. Parents please protect your child’s innocence before it’s too late.
Let them have a childhood.

VioletSky

I remember having a book. I don't know where it came from but it was called How Your Body Works and the page on reproduction, I'm pretty sure I remember being 2 train carriages docking lol

We had a picture book in school that showed two parachutists meeting in mid air. To be fair, it was on a page that said ‘this isn’t how it happens.’

I'm very pleased that I don't have young children in school. I've always thought that I was open minded, but I think 9 is too young for this apparently detailed information.

It makes you wonder about just who is behind this. They should be on the sex offenders’ register as far as I’m concerned. What on earth is on their minds ?

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I found it!

The word "special" features a lot

Callistemon21

^We had no idea what a 'bunny' was until we saw it written on the incinerator in the toilets^
I still have no idea 😁
How have I managed all these years?

Lol - it was a sanitary towel!

VioletSky

I found it!

God, that is funny!

MadeInYorkshire

Callistemon21

We had no idea what a 'bunny' was until we saw it written on the incinerator in the toilets
I still have no idea 😁
How have I managed all these years?

Lol - it was a sanitary towel!

Well, who knew!!

I just called it by it's proper name or ST!!
Apparently that is disapproved of now because periods are not insanitary (well, we all know that) but they are missing the point.

its

VioletSky

I found it!

I can't find my wheels 😥
I seem to have a pair of wonky feet where my wheels should be

Oh it was hilarious, that's why I kept it I think...

Books like this are probably why there are women who don't know their own anatomy

"Special opening between legs" 😂

Speaking of trains and sex (no, this is not one of those posts) when I was maybe 12 or so I saw a Two Robbie’s sketch in which a train pulled in and out of a tunnel in what was obviously a suggestive manner. I realised then that it wasn’t just a case of the penis ‘going into’ the vagina as I’d been told - I thought it must be something that happened in the night when people ‘loved each other very much’.

Ronnies!! What is going on with autocorrect these days? It seems very opinionated.

Clare Rayner called a vagina a "baby-making place" in her book on the facts of life. Groan ........

I did not hear the word vagina till I was an adult. My mother called it "Pammy" - I was very confused when I met a girl whose nickname was Pammy! It was almost as if we had to cover up these bits and never mention them. Out of sight, out of mind - I don't think so!

I think it is important not to confuse innocence with ignorance. My little ones had all the basic facts from a very young age - certainly by Infants.

How do we deal with sexual predilections in all their variety - and when? Social media and TV have made it more of a challenge as parents are forced to address some subjects earlier than they might have chosen. But in every case I think honesty is the best policy. If they ask you a question, then you have to answer it in an age-appropriate way; but that leaves the concern as to where they heard about this particular fact and trying to assure oneself that they are not accessing inappropriate material.

I have looked at the sex ed materials that are used at our local primary school and have no problem with them.

I think it is important not to confuse innocence with ignorance so do I Luckygirl.

When we were children, mum answered any questions we had in an age appropriate way and we did the same with our boys.

Sex education in schools as fine as long as it is age appropriate and parents have access to the materials being used.

Doodledog

Ronnies!! What is going on with autocorrect these days? It seems very opinionated.

It's taking over the world Doodledog

Particularly with its and it's.

Luckygirl3

Clare Rayner called a vagina a "baby-making place" in her book on the facts of life. Groan ........

I did not hear the word vagina till I was an adult. My mother called it "Pammy" - I was very confused when I met a girl whose nickname was Pammy! It was almost as if we had to cover up these bits and never mention them. Out of sight, out of mind - I don't think so!

I think it is important not to confuse innocence with ignorance. My little ones had all the basic facts from a very young age - certainly by Infants.

How do we deal with sexual predilections in all their variety - and when? Social media and TV have made it more of a challenge as parents are forced to address some subjects earlier than they might have chosen. But in every case I think honesty is the best policy. If they ask you a question, then you have to answer it in an age-appropriate way; but that leaves the concern as to where they heard about this particular fact and trying to assure oneself that they are not accessing inappropriate material.

I have looked at the sex ed materials that are used at our local primary school and have no problem with them.

I think it is important not to confuse innocence with ignorance. My little ones had all the basic facts from a very young age - certainly by Infants.

I think it's also important not to 'overload' very young children with information that they might need more time to 'process'. When my son was in Infant's school, he was given (by us, his parents) quite a lot of info (because he was sometimes curious) and anatomical terminology.

When I picked him up from school one day he was excitedly telling me about a 'big' fight in the playground between two boys and told me, with wide eyes, "Mum, it was very bad, he kicked him right up the vagina" - just a bit of information overload - the brain searched for the right word, got it, but applied it in the wrong direction.

By the time we were twelve, we all knew how babies were created, though nothing had actually been taught at our prep. school. But there were gaps in our knowledge. Discussing it in the dormitory after lights out, we did not know what to make of references to a child being a mistake, or unexpected, and we could only conclude that the act of procreation was performed while the participants were asleep. It did not occur to us that the system might be fallible.

The prudishness and silly ideas of 'innocence' in some of these opinions is evidence that professional teachers are the best judges of how to prepare children for sexual relationships.