I had the mom who taught us a lot and made sure we weren't afraid to ask questions. Her mother didn't discuss it and she vowed to not do that with her daughters. My grandmother, my MIL didn't discuss it with their daughters like it was a dirty secret. Schools do the same thing!
I agree with this!
I think it is awesome what this charter school is doing, but it also reminds me that this is not the norm! When I was in nursing school during our peds rotation we went into the schools and my clinical group got to do the puberty/sex talk for the fifth graders. It was a neat experience but we were specifically not allowed to answer some questions about pregnancy/getting pregnant once a girl starts menstruating. We were only allowed to say if you have more questions you need to go to a trusted adult/teacher/school nurse whatever. I can't remember the specifics about what we taught/said but I remember all of us being very surprised about what we could/could not say. It was like, but that's important!!! And the school nurse was just very concerned about parents getting angry.
Nope, we learned about drugs. That's about it. Even after 2 girls in my grade became pregnant, the focus remained on drrug abuse.
What does drug abuse have to do with sex ed? I was under the impression that sex ed was for teaching about the human reproductive system, the health aspects of same, and educating about STDs and their prevention. I mean, I guess some STDs can also be transferred through certain methods of drug use, but I don't see the connection beyond that.
It doesn't have anything to do with it. I was saying we received education about drug use prevention instead of about sex. Although now that I think back to my time spent in my suburban Catholic high school, we actually had a huge problem with drug abuse. So in hindsight, it actually makes sense that they focused on that.
I think it is awesome what this charter school is doing, but it also reminds me that this is not the norm! When I was in nursing school during our peds rotation we went into the schools and my clinical group got to do the puberty/sex talk for the fifth graders. It was a neat experience but we were specifically not allowed to answer some questions about pregnancy/getting pregnant once a girl starts menstruating. We were only allowed to say if you have more questions you need to go to a trusted adult/teacher/school nurse whatever. I can't remember the specifics about what we taught/said but I remember all of us being very surprised about what we could/could not say. It was like, but that's important!!! And the school nurse was just very concerned about parents getting angry.
What kind of nurse are you ?
This was while I was in school for my bachelor's degree. Right now I do homecare but I have also worked at a nursing home and in a large hospital. Why do you ask?
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