Should sex education be taught in kindergarten or no? Why or why not?

Question

Are children at this age to young to get the talk and should just enjoy being children. Or do you feel as they are old enough for this type of discussion. Would you be ok with your child's school giving them the talk or would you rather give it to them if they had questions.

NamerOfStars · Accepted Answer

Have you ever met a child? "Being a child" consists largely of confusion and fear, and those are alleviated mostly by asking seventeen billion questions a day, many of which have no real answer:
"What's that?"
"That's a goat."
"Why?"

If a child is curious about sex, they'll ask about it- if their teachers can't tell them, they'll either look into it themselves- asking the internet- or ask their friends; eventually they'll find someone who can. That's how little Johnny learns about DVDA before he learns subtraction.

I think you should have more-or-less set answers to these questions, tailored to the kid's age: a five-year-old doesn't need to know complicated details, but if they ask "what does 'gay' mean?", telling them "I can't tell you that" isn't going to satisfy any child worth their salt. People acting like there's nothing between "total silence" and "drag queen story hour" are really getting tiring.

Jamie05rhs · Accepted Answer

They should be taught "stranger danger" and "good touch, bad touch.". Nothing else.

shaysh87 · Accepted Answer

You’re just sexualizing young children. Why would a fucking 5-6 yr old need to know about this stuff? They’re typically not even interested at all either. Let kids be kids instead of ruining their childhoods. Teaching them about sexual desire , and how the penis goes into the vagina , which is how babies are made. You’re ruining their innocence. Let the fucking kids play ball instead of playing with condoms.

Go fuck off.

We live in a country where kids are famous for failing at math. you’re better off teaching your kid some math literacy than teaching them about sex at the age of 5. You have completely the wrong priorities which is why this country is filled with kids who can’t do well in school

Apple1996 · Accepted Answer

I don't see why not. Kids need to be educated at a young age. My 7 and almost 5 year old both already understand how babies are made and how they get here. Things like that are important

Prg11 · Answer

One would think some experts in the field could chime in to such topics, rather than the assorted housewives and stripper-hiring old madams dictating what should or should not be done.
We learn things from our parents/carers, by copying the entire models of behavior - but that very often copies dysfunctional stuff as well, that no one really does anything about.
Pretty much all of it is patchwork of coping mechanisms - yet, even at the most serious adult level, you will struggle to find even basic agreement on monogamy vs polygamy/open relationships.
Sex is not - according to me - a consumable product that one can get from a supermarket. But quite a number of people either openly disagree, or are closet fans of 'variety' - some from boredom, others because they copied their parents manipulative 'sex for financial or status benefits' behaviors.
I consider it a relationship thing, and not something you can just trivialise into a 'need like for food' - to be met at any 'restaurant'.
Adults need a lot more education in that field, not children (then you have Belgium where they just legalised prostitution, like we should all be buying or selling sexual services as the most common thing there is - to MacDonalds for food, and then to your favourite prostitute for 'happy hour'. To tell them it is not ok is to get spat on, basically (for limiting female rights, abortions etc - then they sit in anxiety about the chaos they create).

Gigi2019 · Answer

Why should children be made aware of sex when they are biologically unable to deal with sex? When the time comes for kids to be aware of the birds and the bees, schools may, with the parents' permission, attend an educational film presentation in the school's auditiorium. If there is a need for one-on-one discussions and interventions between students and the school nurse, this may also be occur with parental consent. I do not believe in schools doing anything behind the back of a student's parent or guardian unless there are extremely unusual circumstances are involved that also requires intervention by social services and/or the criminal justice system.

ObscuredBeyond · Answer

Let's be real: we don't care if they know that a mom and dad make a baby. But we don't need creepers telling them to experiment with condoms - or each other. We don't need Democrats sniffing their hair. We don't need "teachers" confusing them on whether they're boy or girl, based on feelings, as if plumbing and chromosomes didn't matter - nor trying to get them killed by taking experimental drugs, which has happened at least 6,000 times!

We don't need "gender" "studies," nor Texan screwl boards forcing them to read porn. But that's what modern sex "ed" has devolved into. We're better off without it. Parents need to educate children about sex at home.

lrina · Answer

to be honest i think it should be the parents' job to teach their kids about sex. however, in some households this may seem unethical so in that case it should be optional. but if it were to be taught in school, i think that this should be taught when the child is 9 or 10. i'm sure that "how was i born" or "how are babies made" is a hugee question that a lot of children have, so it'd be good to answer it sooner. however, this is a complicated concept to learn so it shouldn't be taught earlier than that. this is why i believe that 9 or 10 is the most appropriate age to learn this.

Lliam · Answer

Absolutely not! The only purpose of sex ed at that age is to fuck up kids' heads and groom them for all the alt-sexual, pan-sexual, non-binary, gay, trans-sexual shit that the "woke" crowd endorses.

I don't think sex education should be introduced until middle school. At that point, it should just be the basics. Fuck the LGBTQ agenda. Let people take that as an elective in high school or college if they want to learn about it. Or let them figure it out on their own.

I'm all for equal rights for LGBT adults. But leave the kids alone.

As a side note, gender transition procedures should be illegal for anyone under 18 years of age. Fuck pharma and medical institution profits.

expdude · Answer

Can’t believe anyone says yes, but obviously 11% say yes. This would be a trait of pedafile to say yes. How on earth could someone think a 5-6 year old is ready for that talk is sick and they should t be having children. A child’s brain is in developing stages and they can not understand the subject. Why not teach them calculus? Because your have to learn basic math first. They hadn’t even gone they puberty and their telling them how a seed domes from a penis and goes up into a vagina and makes kids! Just because this is even being asked shows how screwed up people have become.

ChrisMaster69 · Answer

It needs to be appropriate to the ages being taught.

I’ve seen opinions on other sexual education type questions where people have said things like 13, 16, 18 etc,

it needs to be factual and appropriate to what young kids need to know, nothing complex or contentious, just things like differences, right and wrong, safety, even online safety.

No one wants their kids being taught some factually incorrect religious or similar rubbish.

They will be discussing shit anyhow.

surely parents on here had their kids ask really awkward ‘why has Jonny / Jenny ….’

BluishGaze · Answer

Well, I'm assuming it's to talk about sexuality... perhaps to teach kids to be more "tolerant" of the LGBT.

But then again, kids usually don't like to talk or think about sexuality at that age anyway... not even heterosexuality. The whole "boys are icky and girls have cooties" thing, you know. I feel like we should all know this by now... we were all once kids that went through this phase!

The fact that we're trying to get them while they're young and impressionable comes off a little... predatory.

Guy13 · Answer

The bottomline is the Leftist and Elites in general are so power hungry that they can raise your kids best. It’s the last assets for them to take as your money, properties, and country is not your own.(US Govt/IRS).

-And parents give their child’s mind, body, emotionality over to the State now. Under the pretense of Freedom. Truth is the Leftist think just Hitler AND PARENTS ARE LETTING IT HAPPEN putting everything else before kids ULTIMATE WELFARE.
-You feed and clothe them, I will take care of their Minds. ADOLPH HITLER and USA Government and Public institutions ‼️
Search Hitler Youth and wake up 🤷🏻‍♂️

Mossberg500 · Answer

It's not "controversial" its Zionist/leftist propaganda that no sane person agrees with. As is the case with most things coming from the far-left, communists, neo-feminists, antifa. They're all gonna die. And I do mean ALL. Most will claim they were never affiliated in just a few years, as the pendulum is swinging away from them, and morality and sanity are becoming normal again.

The crazy lemmings will jump out of the guillotine line. Only the craziest of them will stay.

We're not satisfied with just ending lelftist and neo-feminism however. Neo-Conservatism, and Civic Nationalism is going down too. (Hear me Trump supporters)

Anonymous · Answer

Too young for sex ed. They showed us sex ed videos in 3rd grade and I was totally confused by it. I was still wetting the bed at this age and I told my mom that maybe I was just having a wet dream. I am so embarrassed about that in hindsight now that I actually know what that is.

Subarugirl · Answer

age appropriate sex education should be taught. A 5 year old should know the anatomically correct terminology for there gentiles and should be taught what inappropriate touching is. Sex abuse especially in young children is incredibly common and the biggest thing a predator uses to their advantage is ignorance.

Heartache0405 · Answer

No. We already live in an oversexualized society that makes women believe that sexualizing themselves for money and status is empowering when it’s the complete opposite. And men are just allowing it to happen and keeping misandry alive because they can’t not see a god damned titty -_-

20yearsolder · Answer

Honestly it's not even the school's responsibility to teach your sex education. I should be done by their parents. Do I think kindergarteners can comprehend sexual education, fuck no I don't. There are 35-year-olds out here that don't understand sex. And you want a 5-year-old to comprehend it? That's fucking hilarious and sickening at the same time

TDDMS · Answer

I'm tired of political activists going after kids whether it's teaching them about homosexuality, introducing them to homosexuality, Critical Race Theory, or determining which side of a political spectrum is on. Children at that age don't and cannot comprehend that shit. The people promoting this nonsense are fucked in the head and no sane person should take their advice on anything.

RealMarek · Answer

All young children need to know is that it is wrong for someone to touch them inappropriately. They don’t need an understanding of sex, and certainly don’t need to learn about it in the classroom. A few precocious children might come up with questions about it. If a child is asking questions about sex at school the teacher should report it to a parent and let the family handle it.

CheeseMonster · Answer

Why not? You don't have to break out the detailed slideshow and biology textbooks. Just keep it basic, like you teach everything else at that age. You learn the alphabet, not how to spell "ekphrasis" or use semicolons. Simple. Based on what I've heard of the current sex ed situation, it can't hurt.

Kaneki05 · Answer

I wonder if anyone is gonna tell that person that Sex is Science 101 biology clearly she missed something at school lmao.
And they obviously should be taught if so we would hopefully get less people who don't understand that Sex is Science. We don't need more uneducated people as these rallying people have shown.

The_Shadow_Dweller · Answer

I can understand in school, or in high school. But in kindergarten? A big NO.

Kindergarten is the time when even their internal organs have not been developed to their full potential, and you want to teach them about organs who have not even started maturing?
Where do people get these ideas from?

IT IS A NONSENSE IDEA. Just because sex ed is a good thing, we cannot stretch it. Everything below and above its limit is a bad thing.

DermalPunch · Answer

At this age, I think any sexual type topics should be handle by the parents in the home. But if a kid in kindergarten is going beyond the normal identifying parts and differentiating between boy and girl then that would be concerning to me as a parent.

Still-alive · Answer

I would say ‘yes’ but not graphic. Just as basic and simple as this

https://www.youtube.com/embed/T3wcxHiorJ4

thats it though. No need to elaborate.

and also for gays all you need to say is ‘sometimes boys like other boys and girls like other girls and thats ok too’

and thats it. No elaborating needed.

genericname85 · Answer

i think it should be taught in middle school. before puberty, so they can be prepared for what's coming.

i think in this debate we are forgetting, that children have parents. if the child has a big interest, their parents can tell them. no reason to really push this into the schools in my opinion.

how about: let the parents do some raising, cause that's their job.

DaveToo · Answer

I voted no for one reason. At 5 not many actually know what the hell you're talking about. Introducing, even on a limited basis, the functionality of their sex organs, I think is just a little much for someone that is still learning how to formulate letters into words. They find their own organs interesting at that age.

katiesmuff · Answer

NO! At 5 years old they are not capable of retaining the information required for decent sex-ed class. They should however be taught how to report someone who might be touching them in the wrong places

ohshee · Answer

I say no way..
Let kids be kids
I can not believe what kids all ready know or think they know are ready so young just from TV Or songs and other friends kids dont have a good fondation to start with and you want to add sex to it
Nooooo way.

RolandCuthbert · Answer

Of course sex education should not be taught to young kids.  But I don't think that is a fair assessment of the debate. Is this sex education?

uwu_princess · Answer

Maybe not in kindergarten. But later in school - yes.  Nowadays a lot of young girls are pregnant. 🤦‍♀️ They (boys, girls) don't know anything about their bodies.

crmoore · Answer

Only if it's opt-in (not opt out, I don't think it should be the default). Though ideally I think sex education should start later than kindergarten but I'm certainly no expert so maybe I'm wrong lol.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Of course not. You don't sexualize the mind of a child as that can trigger some very bad emotions as children are still in the development stages.

You must protect the innocence of a child for as long as possible.

Lionman95 · Answer

No kindergarden kids are not even puberty I don´t see why they should be confronted with such a topic at this age. I think it´s more reasonable to teach them later.

Anonymous · Answer

Seeing TikToks that support this outside of the app makes me so glad I never made an account. This and the whole pronouns crap creeps me the hell out.

If I ever get children, I'm homeschooling them just to get them as far away from those nutjobs as possible.

wheresmrcunnunglis · Answer

Too young but definitely should be a required class to be taught in the first year of high school so 14 years old.

Bratsondanielle · Answer

Lol no. 😆 I'd say let's wait till they have hair in their pants and under their arms that way they will also know what the hell we're talking about

DizzyDesii · Answer

Kindergarten? Yikes. I wouldn't want the kid learning about that until at least middle school (7th grade+)

pixie215 · Answer

kindergarten? most high schoolers in sex ed cannot even grasp the concept of sex, thats insanity.

Sarahr123 · Answer

I learned all about it when I was under five from internet, TV etc so better someone teaches them. No harm in not being ignorant.

matchrestore · Answer

There is age appropriate sexual education for kindergarteners, and I fully support it. For one, Kindergarteners should absolutely know about consent.

888theGreat · Answer

That is for Parents to do, not socialist pro homosexual teachers to do. Teach math, science , HISTORY. They would rather talk about how great gay sex is over teach History. The only history they teach is anti American.

globetrotter22 · Answer

Because these so called “experts” who “say” it’s a good idea are really leftist activists with a sick agenda.

NiListicIntelectual · Answer

No, adults should never talk to little kids about sex, especially not from strangers who aren't their parents, it's jus wrong

Sour-rose · Answer

bruh, no. They just funkin' babies, they don't even kno- No, man. Absolutely not.

Anonymous · Answer

In kindergarten you can teach about the flowers and bees, just a suitable explanation for reproduction. Educating about sexual activities sounds like a waste of time.

joeldalton · Answer

Kids need to learn how to do math and reading in Kindergarten.

Aakash_Hangargi · Answer

I believe after the age of 10 they could be taught about sex education that is when the curiosity starts and have the sense of discovering more

skyeee_ · Answer

nope, that information would be too much for their brain because it's still yet to develop so they'll either gross out or not understand it.

Kenzy009 · Answer

NO, becasue little kids don't have sex. No reason to teach them, and they won't understand the subject matter in a way they can aply it to their own lives.

This_Is_My_Opinion8 · Answer

Kindergarten? No. But at 5th grade they should get sexual education.  Go see the difference in teen pregnancy in countries that have and the one who don't.

Amur8711 · Answer

No, it should not be taught in kindergarten. Not until puberty or a little after. Also all this lgbtq crap should not be part of that.

TheMijoPapiii · Answer

Fuck no but these brainwashed liberals support this and it is child abuse!

Babygirl_S · Answer

No that's too young to be told about sex. Let them stay innocent.

worldscolide · Answer

Absolutely not. They are freaking children. Let them be children..

TheBigGuy9 · Answer

I would say the same age as we always learned it which is in 6th grade. At kindergarten could be possibly the dumbest idea I have ever heard of.

Anonymous · Answer

Why so early? It's not needed at that age nor is it important. Grades in American Schools have been lagging over the past several decades. They're not even doing a good enough job at what they're already teaching in Public Schools.

sp33d · Answer

Keep it simple and teach them to stay away from "uncles with candy". There's no need for any specifics of the birds & bees.

Gimmesomegandb · Answer

Kids need to know that what’s theirs is theirs but they don’t show or touch this is an adult thing

Bubbles16 · Answer

I think schools should wait to teach students about that until at least middle school

Desconhecida · Answer

I don't think sex should be introduced so early to kids, especially in an environment like school.

TallAnon · Answer

Before I vote, what age is that in your country? I think sex ed should start around 8-9 years old.

anylolone · Answer

They can't properly understand it and the time we get teaching them is limited. Reading comprehension and math efficacy are in an all time low.

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