My boy is ten. They have, this week at school, got down to the nuts (cough) and bolts of "how babies are made", and what it entails.
I think it's going very well.
He came home yesterday, pretty amazed at how babies are made, and today came out of school and the first thing he said was "Hey mum, we learnt about erections today. And pubic hairs. And something called condoms".
I like that they are teaching them about this, at this age. We've had a chat about what he's learnt, and I've asked him how his class-mates are handling all this information. I think at this age, they are taking it quite seriously, too young to be smutty, but old enough to understand.
I remember when I was at school, it all seemed to revolve around rabbits (not the battery kind) and all seemed rather vague. And my mum whisked my twin sister and I round to her best friends house who was a nurse who explained in a purely biological sense what happened, I swear there was a flip chart and diagrams. Have to say this did not encourage me to open up to my mum about sex etc at all, and left me feeling vaguely mystified by the whole business.
Yet I feel my boy, and his year group (how it is taught these days) are being far better prepared. It's not being taught purely in a "making babies" way, but in a "this will be part of your life" way. Anyone else have an opinion on how this topic is covered, at school?
I think it's going very well.
He came home yesterday, pretty amazed at how babies are made, and today came out of school and the first thing he said was "Hey mum, we learnt about erections today. And pubic hairs. And something called condoms".
I like that they are teaching them about this, at this age. We've had a chat about what he's learnt, and I've asked him how his class-mates are handling all this information. I think at this age, they are taking it quite seriously, too young to be smutty, but old enough to understand.
I remember when I was at school, it all seemed to revolve around rabbits (not the battery kind) and all seemed rather vague. And my mum whisked my twin sister and I round to her best friends house who was a nurse who explained in a purely biological sense what happened, I swear there was a flip chart and diagrams. Have to say this did not encourage me to open up to my mum about sex etc at all, and left me feeling vaguely mystified by the whole business.
Yet I feel my boy, and his year group (how it is taught these days) are being far better prepared. It's not being taught purely in a "making babies" way, but in a "this will be part of your life" way. Anyone else have an opinion on how this topic is covered, at school?