It's important to understand what Planned Parenthood means by "age appropriate."
Here are some of the highlights from:
PlannedParenthood.org - What Children Need to Know
By Age Five Children need to know that
- touching their sex organs for pleasure is normal
- it takes a woman and a man to make a baby how the baby "gets in" and "gets out"
a woman does not have to have a baby unless she wants to - seek privacy when they want to touch their sex organs for pleasure
Ages Five to Seven In addition to earlier information and skills children need to know
- that all people, including our parents and grandparents, live through a life cycle that has a beginning and an end and includes sexuality at all ages
- that people experience sexual pleasure in a number of ways
- that everyone has sexual thoughts and fantasies and that having them is normal
- that there are different types of caring home backgrounds
- about non-stereotyped gender roles
- that sexual identity includes sexual orientation lesbian, gay, straight, or bisexual
- the basic facts about HIV/AIDS
Ages Eight to Twelve In addition to earlier information and skills about the changes in their bodies before puberty
- that sex is pleasurable, not only a way to have a baby
- that masturbation is very common and that it is normal to masturbate but only in private
- about female and male sex work and its dangers
- feel that it is normal to masturbate
- the probability of pregnancy with unprotected vaginal intercourse
- about contraceptive methods
- what abortion is
- about assisted pregnancy that a woman does not need to have sex to get pregnant
- talk about how pregnancy can be avoided
- about contraception
- that no one has to become a parent
- that it is possible to plan parenthood
- how to get contraceptives
- they need to be able to name a variety of contraceptives
- discuss safer sex
...and it goes on from there. Like I said, these are just "highlights."