Good...more children need to be taught about consent, early in life. It's not just about sex. Teaching about consent really impacts almost every aspect of their lives. It's important.
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Canada is stupid
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Why? Because children should be taught about consent? Sounds like you might be the stupid one :)
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You think that consent isn't something a child can understand? Are you really this stupid? Just because you don't understand consent, doesn't mean they cannot. It's a simple concept.
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It's a question of age-appropriate language and examples, as much as anything, I think. It's also a matter of framing things: when "consent" isn't just about overt sex, but also about boundaries and self-determination there's a wider range to talk about.
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On one-hand "sex education" isn't something one starts teaching at puberty; there are books and curricula that address it progressively for a range of ages. On the other hand boundaries and consent shade over in to bullying and...
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what are normal expectations of other children and adults. There's plenty of room for nuance if one doesn't try to treat children as small adults, or as the property of their parents.
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Excellent! I teach sex ed and this is part of what we cover starting in elementary school. Parents should have more talks about this at home. I'm glad more are starting to.
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What grade? I want to know when to get my daughter out because I don’t think young adults today have a healthy enough understanding to talk to kids about sex at all. And the younger generation is dumber because of it.
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We start at the K/1 level. Then we have 4th-6th, 7th-9th, 10th-12th, young adult, and adult levels. The program is called Our Whole Lives and you can usually find it being offered yearly at your nearest UCC or UU churches. It doesn't have a religious "spin".
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Even though it's taught be church members. These are 2 denominations that decided sex ed is a public health issue and saw a need to provide it (since the govt doesn't want to fund it), and combined resources in order to do so. I also recommend it for adults.
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Weird. In third grade I learned cursive. This is abnormal
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Cursive has been replaced! Who is teaching our kids is disturbing.
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barbara u are very good looking
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Agreed!!!
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I can see her point but my question is, did she have parental approval, did she have the principle’s approval, did she have the school district’s approval and most of all where did she get her personal opinion that suddenly turned professional?
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Do you need parental approval to teach children to keep their hands to themselves and not touch others with their permission? Every parent and teacher should teach this. It’s too bad they don’t.
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As long as the parents say it’s OK to do their job for them, then yeah… but otherwise, just like the birds and the bees, those are things that should be left to the parents and not to some teacher that takes it upon herself to teach them her version of
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Consent is appropriate for children, because we give and are asked for consent for things that aren't sex. It's vital in sharing, communicating, personal space and play. If they grow up knowing about consent, it won't be difficult when it comes to sex.
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