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Originally Posted by djplong
Richie: (and I'm really glad this is staying civil) With your opinion parental rights, how should that be affected by kids who think things like:
1) You can't get pregnant the first time
2) You can't get pregnant "doing it standing up"
3) You can get pregnant by kissing.
...or.. one of my favorites, and an otherwise intelligent peer of mine actually thought this back in 1979:
4) Urinating and taking a bath afterwards is an effective form of birth control.
It is *astounding* the kinds of misinformation that is out there.
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I heard most of those things when I was a kid and survived it pretty well. (of course, as a male, the info wasn't as critical)
The basic health courses we had when I was young covered most of that pretty well, in the sense that the causes and effects of reproduction were in the curriculum, but of course what your friends said carried a lot of weight also.
Teachers should ask for questions and answer them with the child's age in mind. If the question seems a little sophisticated for the age of the child, a teacher should delve into that a little more privately and maybe bring the parents into the conversation if warranted.
Teacher's need to stick to the age appropriate science. (I hope we don't have to get into a long analysis of what that means. It should be common sensical)