Why kids need sex education? Girl, 9, pregnant
http://news.asiaone.com.sg/st/st_20070301_95815.html
When flipping through the newspaper, my attention was completely captured by this article. How a nine-year-old girl could get pregnant completely escaped me.
This article undoubtedly shows us how important it is for parents and schools alike to provide sex education to the students. According to this article, the condition where pre-teens exhibit signs of puberty is called precocious puberty. This nine-year-old girl has this condition, but her parents did not educate her on what she’s going through. They felt that she was “too young to know at her age”.
This is a very wrong mindset. I understand that the parents are worried about letting their children know so much at such a young age, but it is actually more dangerous for the children NOT to know anything about what she’s going through.
Imagine a girl with precocious puberty. If she is not told about what she is going through, it is very likely that she might actually experiment around with her body, either alone or with someone else. It is very dangerous to let her experiment around with her body like that. As long as the school and the parents do enough to educate the girl, I believe that she would not act irresponsibly.
Parents usually preoccupy themselves with “what would our kid do if we tell her all those stuff!” But they fail to see the other side of the picture, where the child would be asking herself “what is this?”, and then when their parents refuse to tell her, she would be left with two choices: asking around, or trying to find out for herself.
I agree with Ms Jabal to a large extent. There is actually no such thing as being “too young to know”. All the students would need to be educated about sex education, but the problem is which is the appropriate age to entrust the students with these information so that they can be counted on not to misuse the knowledge they have been given.
I personally think that the students should only be educated when they reach puberty. This way, they are only granted the knowledge when they require it. If so, it is the parents’ responsibility to find out if your child has reached puberty. The school should also provide parents with the option of leaving the school to provide sex education o the students. Then, it is up to the parents whether they want to alert the school about their child’s condition.
It is important for the school and the parents to work hand in hand, as they would be able to watch the kid throughout most of the day, especially if it’s a case of precocious puberty. It would reduce the chances of the kid being led the wrong way by others. But firstly, parents must be observant, and open towards teaching their child about sex education.
When flipping through the newspaper, my attention was completely captured by this article. How a nine-year-old girl could get pregnant completely escaped me.
This article undoubtedly shows us how important it is for parents and schools alike to provide sex education to the students. According to this article, the condition where pre-teens exhibit signs of puberty is called precocious puberty. This nine-year-old girl has this condition, but her parents did not educate her on what she’s going through. They felt that she was “too young to know at her age”.
This is a very wrong mindset. I understand that the parents are worried about letting their children know so much at such a young age, but it is actually more dangerous for the children NOT to know anything about what she’s going through.
Imagine a girl with precocious puberty. If she is not told about what she is going through, it is very likely that she might actually experiment around with her body, either alone or with someone else. It is very dangerous to let her experiment around with her body like that. As long as the school and the parents do enough to educate the girl, I believe that she would not act irresponsibly.
Parents usually preoccupy themselves with “what would our kid do if we tell her all those stuff!” But they fail to see the other side of the picture, where the child would be asking herself “what is this?”, and then when their parents refuse to tell her, she would be left with two choices: asking around, or trying to find out for herself.
I agree with Ms Jabal to a large extent. There is actually no such thing as being “too young to know”. All the students would need to be educated about sex education, but the problem is which is the appropriate age to entrust the students with these information so that they can be counted on not to misuse the knowledge they have been given.
I personally think that the students should only be educated when they reach puberty. This way, they are only granted the knowledge when they require it. If so, it is the parents’ responsibility to find out if your child has reached puberty. The school should also provide parents with the option of leaving the school to provide sex education o the students. Then, it is up to the parents whether they want to alert the school about their child’s condition.
It is important for the school and the parents to work hand in hand, as they would be able to watch the kid throughout most of the day, especially if it’s a case of precocious puberty. It would reduce the chances of the kid being led the wrong way by others. But firstly, parents must be observant, and open towards teaching their child about sex education.
posted by Kenn at 5:17 AM
1 Comments:
Wow. So many people are doing reviews on this article. I suppose it stands out..
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