It’s getting ridiculous. There is no reason to teach 5 yr olds, in school, about sex. I’ve answered all of my kids questions regarding sex, and I answer them explictly depending upon their age and maturity/development. Probably far more explicitly than any teacher would (we even had an incident at our catholic school about this, I sided with the teacher who answered the kids questions honestly and factually). My teens even tell me I’m too detailed with them, but hey, they ask and I answer.
We, as a society (and in public schools) are trying to sexualize these kids way too early. And I’m no prude about any of this stuff. I’m really starting to believe that it’s the liberal agenda so prevalent now in our schools and society that insists on teaching children, younger and younger, that any kind of sex is ok.
Our township/school district approved a health class curriculum that teaches 3rd graders about homosexual lifestyles. 3rd grade is way too young imo to teach this kind of stuff but it fits with the agenda. Now they want to start them at Kindergarten. High school didn’t work, those kids don’t buy what’s being sold to them, then it was middle school and they found those kids (that age) aren’t buying it either, so they decided to make it a part of the 3rd grade curriculum. Now they want it to start in Kindergarten.
My kids went/go to catholic grade school so they don’t get that in the early grades. We have a family course in 5th grade and they learn about sex, marriage, etc. And my kids ask me and I answer them way more explictly than any catholic grade school teacher would answer. I’m their mother, it’s my job to teach this stuff, not the school or government. My two teens attend the public high school and they see what’s being taught there about alternative lifestyles and they see it for what it is - indoctrination. They’re seeing how this ‘anything goes’ mentality (other than anything conservative or God sanctioned) is blatant in their education.
Most people don’t speak out, imo. Be it because they don’t want to appear conservative or prudish or racist or whatever other phobia is attached to anyone who doesn’t follow the liberal line of BS. I don’t care if anyone considers me prudish (far from it) or phobic or whatever. I talk openly with my kids about sex, when they ask. I’m probably more easygoing about it than they are. They see all this stuff on TV, the internet, in their lives (as teens) and they see how ok all of the perversions are - anything is ok as long as it makes “me” feel good, etc. Our society is encouraging that and it’s up to parents to teach them it’s not all ok.
So ITA with you.
Yep, that is the "sex positive" agenda. And it isn't just in America. And it isn't a new trend in teaching.
They oppose abstinence not because "it doesn't work" but because they find it to be an "unhealthy" supression of sexual desires. If it feels good, do it. And they want to end all moral judgements over sexual pairings regardless of sex, age, relation, marital status, number, or species of partner(s).