Sex Ed for Kindergarteners ‘Right Thing to Do,’ Says Obama

oh the horror!! sex education!! bring back the abusive nuns who would lash our pupils hands into bloody pulps for even asking!! the more you lie to the youth about sex, they more they will explore and figure it out on their own, at younger and younger ages. GROW UP AMERICA, AND EDUCATE YOUR KIDS, NOT INDOCTRINATE THEM.

Teaching sex education to Kindergarteners is totally inappropriate!

J…I think it’s hard to lie about sex when children don’t ask about it at that age. Of all the things that can be taught in a limited school day, sex ed in kindergarten doesn’t seem that necessary…if this is Mr. Obama’s solution to decreasing teen pregnancy rates (which are already at record lows) than I think his urban agenda may have some problems.

Here’s an idea- leave it completely up to parents.

To J, it seems to me that there was less teen sexual activity decades ago and I don’t think that it was due to additional instruction in the classroom at early ages.

Bwaaaaaaa! LOL!!! Ahhhh ha hah ha ha ha! This clown thinks children 4, 5 and 6 need to learn about sex?
Right, forget about being a child, playing with toys, learning to share and to interact and reading, writing and math we should get our children to be promiscuous “progressives”. What an idiot, I can’t believe there are enough delusional people in this country to give this fraud a chance.
I don’t recall ever hearing about sex education until high school but then my generation was not pregnant at 14 and sporting 4 different children from 4 different fathers, gotta love “progressives”.

I simply can not understand how anyone could think that anything to do with sex would be relevant to a KINDERGARTNER. Unfortunately, there is an assumption out there that a “curriculum” can solve social ills. How much money has been poured into “educating” people about AIDS and everthing else? It does not work. The government can NOT be the answer. We don’t even trust government with our money! Why would we trust it with a decision such as this?

Funny thing about all the opposition to abstinence based education- the most recent meta-study- which examined programs of abstinence and non-abstinence based sex ed programs in both suburban and inner city schools – found that the kids in ALL groups had the same rate of knowledge, condom use, STD diagnosis rate, pregnancy rate- and SO DID the kids who got NO SEX ED IN SCHOOL !
So when does THAT hit the headlines so we can stop wasting money on what parents should be doing, and start buying math books ???

I send my kids to school so that they can learn how to read, write and do math … not to learn how to multiply (pun intended).
Let me teach them about sexuality at home. Its my responsibility as a parent, not the state’s.

Schools have a hard enough time just teaching the basics let alone trying to teach 6 year olds about sex. I’ve never understood the concept of sex education in school in any grade level. I am sure it is a complete waste of time and for Obama to say kids who don’t have this in school will grow up getting sick and pregnant and perhaps dying is pathetic and condescending.

Why can’t parents teach their kids this information in the way they deem appropriate?

Yet another example of a politician out of touch with the majority. Sex-ed for 5 year olds? I wonder if that would have helped Bill Clinton… hmmmm.

And Yes, I know I wrote “better” twice.
Probably a flashback from a liberal teacher I had during the years I attended a Government School.

What? Are we going to give them condoms too? This is why my kids go to private school. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS FOR KINDERGARTEN.

It’s funny one poster brings up the nuns slapping hands. Back then, there were a lot less teen pregnancies, less abortions, less sexual diseases.
The nuns look like they had it right.

i hope he takes back that statement. are kindergarden teachers qualified to teach sex ed? has ever met kindergarden kids? my vote was always leaning towards him as president.

Maybe they should focus more on reading comprehension in schools since it is obvious that the majority of you morons can’t comprehend what it is exactly that Obama is advocating.

Just another example of liberals wanting to control your life. The principal difference between a conservative is a conservative believes in the principals of free markets and small government, a liberal believes the government should be involved in almost every aspect of your life.

OH by the way, “Second, Obama isn’t saying it has to explicit. Just simple answers for children that do not rely on myth” what was that about? I agree maybe teach them (older kids ) something but not in kindergarten. Let’s be a little realistic. NOT SEX-ED maybe we should rename it.

I believe we need to teach kindergardener’s reading, writing and math. We then give them a healthy snack and let them run around at recess. I would even let them play tag.
This is just more typical liberal garbage that has damaged our educational system since the 60′s. Way to screw things up hippies!

This is absurd, this will only teach the kids to have sex younger. I didn’t know about sex until I was in the 6th grade !

I honestly think we will be better off turning our children over to the state. We as parents dont have the intelligence/ability to teach our children what they need to know. They would be better off if the state indoc.. I mean taught them both the basic subjects and all their life lessons.

And is someone (apparently Obama) actually suggesting that a kindergarten age student being told babies come from storks actually going to increase 15 to 19 year old pregnancies?
Next, belief in Santa will be linked to chronic Meth usage.
And just because your parents are drunks doesn’t mean kindergarten students need to be taught sexuality. Just more of an excuse to control reproduction, not encourage it. I can’t tell you to stop having as many kids by as many different fathers as you can find, but you can tell me my tax dollars have to support you and your spawn… now that’s just backwards.
All of the naysayers on here keep avoiding the real subject that needs to be taught- individual responsibility. But the Left only likes to legislate it away, not to give it to people and hold them accountable for it.

I really don’t want the government telling me what is “age appropriate” for my children. Yeah, we need MORE government controls like Michael Moore needs more Twinkies.

Yet another reason I will never vote for a LIBERAL-left wing moron! He needs to take some advise from Glenn Beck…Tune in to CNN Mr. Obama and get yourself an education.

And I guess the next proposal will be to enroll your children in government schools when they are born? it truly amazes me how liberals think the government can do a better job with every aspect of our lives. How narrow-minded can they possibly be?

Ah the nanny state encroacheth. Kids are at risk Mr. Obama, not because they are ignorant of their sexual nature but because they DO NOT LEARN BASIC INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND SELF RESPECT! THAT’S the stuff to be taught in kindergarden Mr Obama. And should be doubly taught in the home. Teach a kid how to use their brain and think is the first step.

This guy is your mainstream liberal and is very dangerous. He should not be allowed to get close to the White House.

This has got to be a parody. No one running for President or any office can be this stupid. Keep talking Obama. What a blessing it is when liberals expose their true beliefs rather than their usual lies to disguise their beliefs.

Another deceptive headlines from the press. This does a lot of good to distort his words to attract readers and ad dollars. Shame on ABC News. Is this The Drudge Report or a respected news outlet???

Seems to me there is two Americas: An enlighted America that has lead the rest of us into the 21st Century, and a “God Fearing” ignorant America that is trying to drag us all back to the stone ages. Will Enlighted America please save us all in the next election… Seriously.

Is he insane? Do we, as parnets, have no right to parent our children anymore?
What’s most disgusting about his proposal is the fact that he is simply pandering to a group such as Planned Parenthood, whose main goal is abortions-for-dollars.

Sex ed in Kindergarten? Why stop there? Why not sex ed in pre-K? Or better yet, sex ed in the womb. The fetus could be taught with ultrasound, unless, of course, those of Obama’s ilk would abort the “learner.”
Heaven help us if that jerk gets in office!

I had never planned on voting for Obama in the first place. As far as I’m concerned, this is one of the nails in his political coffin.

LISTEN.. Not every body lives in a town of population of 1,000. In Big cities all over the country kids are getting sexually abused and raped. Somteimes parents or guardians aren’t there. So teacher’s are just as much a part of a kids life as a parent. If a teacher can teach a kid that no one is to touch them inappropriatley, then I’m all for it..
Is This not part of sex-education?

Go ahead and scoff at age-appropriate “sex ed” or however you want to spin it- the fact of the matter is that young children DO need to know that their bodies are their own and nobody should be touching them inappropriately (including other kids). No matter what you think of Obama, have the common sense to infer that he’s not talking about actually having sex…the ignorance of the posts on here are what’s really scary.
Oh, and news flash- sex isn’t going away. You’re not going to prevent it. Accept the reality that teaching self-respect and responsibility is the only way to prevent the STD epidemic that is raging in young people. Hasn’t happened to your kid (that you know of)? They’re probably using protection.
But hey, ignorance is bliss, right?

GREAT POST E.B.
GO OBAMA!!!!

He just lost the nomination on that one.
Nobody but crazy fools is going to buy into this nonsense. Kids are not ready for sex education until 5th or 6th grade. That’s why they don’t teach it until 5th or 6th grade.

OBAMA NEVER SAID TEACH THEM HOW.

I think I’m going to send this guy a bill for 18 years (and counting) of raising three of his “subjects”. In other words, you don’t know my children so shut the hell up.

We should definitely prohibit anti-smoking and anti-drug education too. Why tell kids about these things they’ll just want to go out and try? It’s not the government’s place to encourage our children to be healthy, educated individuals who can positively influence their peers. Who do they think they are?!?!?!

Whoever is running this campaign has got to talk to him about issues like this. Sex ed is read as sex ed no matter how “age appropriate” it is. If he can’t even define what is age appropriate, he has no business pushing a policy like this no matter how much he defers to local government. A few more gems like this, and I’ll start thinking he wants to hand the nomination to the Clintons.

Aha! The liberal Hawaiian shows his true Aloha spirit! Parents are the first and best teachers, Senator Obama – not politicians or public school teachers.

He’s not saying that at all. He’s saying that age-appropriate sex education is okay. When he talked about Keyes in the mocking tone, don’t you get he was talking about people who purposely mislead like the author of this article (and the sheep that are linked from Drudge, Newsbusters, et al)that will sensationalize it?
Get a clue.

It’s pretty important to read this article with a critical mind. The headline suggests that Obama specifically advocates sex ed in Kindergarten, but the man’s quotes are clearly about sex ed in general. Kindergarten isn’t at all his focus; it’s the sensational point the headline exploits so that we’ll read it. Yes, he mentions that sex ed may be available to kindergartners, but he’s clearly not talking about mandatory sex ed for 5 year olds.
He’s saying that kids learn a lot from other kids (“you, as a peer, have enormous power over your age cohort”), and maybe it’s important that the school provide fact-based support which could debunk some of the crap that kids spout. I think that’s a valid point.

It’s important for schools to lay a foundation for sex education. I would guess that most parents avoid the sex issue all together with their children. Schools are there to give kids the foundation to be successful in life including social skills, sex education, physical education (not just to read and write). If they don’t learn it from the schools or parents, they will get it from their peers through misguided information and experimentation. Why is America so closed minded?

kindergarten is way too late to learn about sex! i propose implanting a chip into every fetus!

Well, Yankee, since religion has no place in government (per the Constitution), I suppose it doesn’t really matter.

Obama is a MORON

Kindergarteners do not need sex ed – period. End of story. I can’t believe that there is even a debate regarding this. I swear to God this country needs another Depression and a World War so we can get our minds back on what is important.

Hey E.B. Speaking of the Constitution…
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” why do people not see that word called “LAW”. a law has to be passed respecting an establishment of religion in order for it to be a violation of the constitution. Congress can say they like Christianity and even put every Christian art piece in the building and would still not violate the constitution. show me a LAW where congress has promoted religion?

I’ve read no comments that mention teaching them (from books which will soon be showing 2 different kinds of mommies)- about how we must be tolerant of “homosexuals” – and no need to even say the word. Just reading stories to them about all these different lifestyles will validate in their impressionable minds that this behavior is okay.

Keep in mind that when he uses the phrase “sex education” it encompasses far more then the basics and transcends into human sexuality and behavior which is covered in “Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality – Kindergarten-12th Grade,” 3rd Edition, which can be viewed here:
http://www.siecus.org/pubs/guidelines/guidelines.pdf
Scan the publication for Level 1 guidelines which include “Level 1: middle childhood, ages 5 through 8; early elementary school”. A direct method is to search for the phrase “Level 1.”

Whoever wrote this blog and put that sensationalistic title should be ashamed. You’re no better than the Drudge Report, which is linking this. “Age appropriate sex education” is hardly a shocking concept, and the only reason that this is a story is because you are distorting a position.

This makes perfect sense. I remember being curious as to where humans came from at an early age. I armed myself with the knowledge of science and I was able to learn and grow from that.
What is so wrong about this?

Look people! It’s another jackass uncovering a rock for another vote or two. Once realizing that what he said was questionable, he refers to “advisors” for help in damage control. Alas no different than any mainstream politician I’ve ever encountered.

You know what they say “It takes a village.”

what exactly do you people have against homosexuality?
you know, tolerating gays doesn’t mean YOU have to become gay
you get that, right?

I am all for educating our children with age appropriate sexual information. However, it should be left up to the PARENTS, notT the government. Maybe the government could help the parents, but ultimatly it is the responsability of the parents. It is a slippery slope if we start having the government bringing up our children.
Is the government going to replace the parents, are family values going to continue to disappear in our country.

Maybe we should teach finance to kindergartners. Adults in poverty suffer not only from the effects of early pregnancy and STDs, they also are very poor managers of money. Budgeting, Microeeconomics and Short Calc for Kids! It’s the only way to save the children.
And if nearly half of kids are suffering from lack of early sex education, what about the more than half who aren’t? Why aren’t they getting knocked up and itchy? Any 15-19 year old who doesn’t know where babies come from has bigger problems.

Obama ABSOLUTELY did not say ANYTHING about sex ed for Kindergarteners!
Watch the damn video! Here- in case you skipped over it at the beginning because you were so blinded by the big, misleading headline:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3386492
There should be an intelligence test to vote. One that requires accurate knowledge of issues.

Another bright idea from a bonified socialist. God save us from these liberal morons.

Shame on you, Barack Obama. Children are precious and innocent. When liberal kooks like Obama propose such nonsense, it just reinforces the fact that liberals don’t know what they are talking about, they have no sense of morality or even common sense. I am not fooled by Obama’s brand of fake politics. He should actually sit still for a moment and contemplate the tripe that comes out of his mouth. Ronald Reagan—please come back.

Really, Squonkamatic? Never? We must live in two different countries.

E.B. also wrote:
“Really, Squonkamatic? Never? We must live in two different countries.”
Isn’t that what your buddy John Edwards runs around saying? “Two Americas?” Please step away from the keyboard and consider yourself owned.

Here’s one great reason to talk to kids about reproduction and sexuality earlier. They’re becoming biological adults earlier. They need to be educated about biology and sexuality is just another aspect of it. Sex ed isn’t a how to, it’s cautionary.
http://www.time.com/time/pacific/magazine/20001030/cover.html

Interestingly, I haven’t seen any individuals posting comments concerning who Obama spoke to. It was Planned Parenthood. Who do you think will be teaching our kids sex education? Perhaps the same people who run a profitable business giving out condoms, birth control, and performing abortions. Doesn’t this strike anyone out there as conflicted? Give me a break. I’m glad I don’t live in Illinois, and I really hope this guy doesn’t become president.

Get your children out of public schools NOW!

Oh those silly Libs, aren’t they funny?
What next, issue the kids drivers licenses so they can drive themselves back and forth to school?

Sex Ed in Kindergarten is not only inappropriate but a dangerous mind set.
As a child psychologist I see here an attempt by liberals to further indoctrinate our children.
This is another example why LIBERALS ARE DANGEROUS

And I never used to understand why people voted Republican.
What a freak. Little kids couldn’t understand that stuff. Oh, I understood man likes woman. I did, anyway. You going to have the visual demonstration played out in porn tapes after quiet time?

Joclyn Elders had, I’d thought, taught through example why politicians should not mix “sex” and “kindergarteners”.
What an idiot Obama’s turned out to be.
Watch Hillary put her foot in her mouth too.

Planned Parenthood would not teach abstinence, more like they would teach: use a condom if you have one, but if not that’s ok.
This is the same organization that makes money by abortions with or without parents consent.
Isn’t this like having the fox guard the henhouse?

Whoeer said teen pregagancy is at an all time low is so wrong. Education is they key to survival, teaching children from a young age about touching others is very wise. How many stories have you heard about pre teens and younger abusing someone, bad touching, or being molested themselves, educating our children from all dangers at age level lessons is the answer. Studies show babies are able to hear in the womb as soon as a child is able to understand that child should be taught whatever they are able to understand, so they are able to make right choices with their bodies, Children areexperiencing sexually a lot more these days at younger ages, why not equipp them with the knowledge at their age level?

Enough already! Who does Obama think he is? I’ve had enough of the state and government telling me how to raise my kids. My husband and I made the CHOICE to have kids on our own. They are OUR responsibility. It is NOT the STATE’S responsibility to teach my kids ANYTHING. I have homeschooled for 18 years, and thank God every day that I have. This country is going down the toilet faster and faster every day. This is just another example of government taking over the family. It makes me sick where our country is going. Another reason to stay away from Barak Obama – this guy is a nutcase if he thinks the state knows how to raise kids better than parents. He’s a dangerous man.

Guess it’s going to be Clinton-Edwards, now.

ConcernedinBoulder, I seem to recall that, when Bill O’Reilly dragged two of the kids in front of him, one of whom was vehemently opposed to the evil liberal (but seriously honest and straightforward discussions) of drug abuse, and the other who supported it, pulling lines from Bill’s own book, noting his stories of drug use.
And let’s not forget little Rush Limbaugh’s pill problem.
Drug abuse is real. Sex is real. Get your head out of the sand and realize that unless we tell our teens what the real world is like, they’ll never navigate it. Sheltering people isn’t effective as a defense against the world, because it doesn’t work forever.

What benefit does a KINDERGARTENER get from knowing where he came from via his/her teacher?
So, you’re telling me that this is the only thing that will be taught: “You came from your Mommy and Daddy and grew in your Mommy’s tummy/uterus.”
What other curriculum do they have planned for these little children? Did you want to know that when you were a kindergartner?
Heaven forbid that we allow them to be young, with a chance to develop at a normal speed. Don’t we already relinquish too many rights to others? Aren’t people already dumping their young babies/children off to PRE-kindergarten… rushing them to grow-up too quickly, stressing them with too much, not having enough parent time with them ourselves.
We need to make sure that we protect our kids — not have adult concepts shoved down their throats when all they want to do is color, dance, sing, learn to read, play ball, make friends.
Tell you what, why don’t the teachers take them to the zoo/farm? There are so many scenarios that can be observed.
Have the children watch an animal give birth, Discovery Channel has loads of episodes on this — life has ways of showing children naturally, we don’t need a form of indoctrination.

IS NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE -KIDS DON’T NEED TO BE TAUGHT IT IS “NATURAL”
good lord! I dont need someone from washington telling me how to raise my kid.

Really? Respecting one’s elders blindly, simply because they are elders, is as bad as…well, it’s not independent thought.
And independent thought is good, not bad. Last I checked, most of our Presidents over the past century or so weren’t home-schooled. Neither were most of our big C.E.O.’s. Einstein certainly wasn’t. Why? Because a parent simply does not have the expertise or experience in educating to provide a sufficiently deep and broad education to their child. Teachers are not just paid liberals indoctrinating children. They actually are experts in their fields. And in school–public especially, but even private–students are exposed to opposing viewpoints, which challenges them intellectually but will make them stronger.
You have no grasp on educational theory, Kevin Solid. Period. And there is theory–and science–to it. Real education cannot be undertaken arbitrarily.

You can’t seriously be saying that an educational environment in which there is only one influence–the parent–is a balanced, ‘how-to-think’ environment.
Seriously, cut me a break. You’re deathly afraid of liberals anyway, there’s no way you’d expose your children to both schools of thought in a fair and unbiased manner.

To all of you who support this:
Go watch a KINDERGARTNER and see how interested they are in sex. You must be thinking with your own hormones.
Let children be children, the time comes soon enough to begin the complex teachings of sex education .. including responsibility, parenthood, commitment, love, loyalty, ETC.

Obama is really just being an ass here. I used to teach secondary Social Studies and I always felt like I could never do a quality job because of all the federal (and state) mandates and properly-applied pc-language. I got sick of kids being OBSESSED with sex, who was dating who, instead of paying attention to their learning (and the parents regardless of politics who have no clue how their children behave).
While there are many public school teachers who try and try to do their best, they are often sabotaged by the following: parents like Mr. Nutter who condescend and have no room in their tiny brains for others’ views, the federal/state government wanting some new multicultural view or movement taught instead of American History, and parents (not those like Jason) who are so uninvolved their kids look for love/attention in all the wrong places.
If people on this board really think that public schools have the time, training, and wherewithal to teach sex-ed to kindergartners, think again. I’ve been in those classrooms (as a substitute teacher) and kids are so micromanaged by federal/state curriculum mandates that if you fit one more thing in there, their little minds will explode. I mean, folks, some of these kids are so stressed out because they’re tested every other week (just look at the first graders – especially if you live in Colorado!). Do any of you really feel comfortable letting someone else teach your kids about reproductive anatomy (especially if it’s by someone who isn’t even trained to do so)?
The teacher in me thinks that there are those who are too eager to defend the indefensible and would rather attack those who want to prolong their kids’ childhoods just a little longer. What’s wrong with that? I’ve seen what happens when you start too early: kids so consumed by their hormones, dating,
or sexuality to be concerned with preparing for the future (or willing to
just throw said future away).
As a teacher, I wouldn’t feel comfort-
able teaching any “age-appropriate” sex
ed to a kindergartner. What happened to parents raising their children rather than the schools raising them? Yes, there are irresponible parents out there (some of them not even citizens of this country) who couldn’t be bothered being parents.
Most parents I’ve met as a teacher are
one of the following: a)so permissive
they have no clue that Johnny or Sally
isn’t doing jack in my class, b)so over
involved that they’re micromanaging
their kids’ lives and not letting them
breathe, or c)concerned, even overwhelm-
ed by life’s demands but willing to do
what it takes to make sure their kids
get what they need from school to be
well-mannered, responsible, and well-
adapted to handle life as adults. I’ve
seen the way certain adults (even in
my own family) handle their sex lives
in an irresponible way and shouldn’t be
lecturing anybody else on how to teach
kids about sex.
I think that the federal/state govern-
ments have tinkered with education so
much as it is that education has been
distorted into a forum where every sub
group (from homosexuals to illegal
aliens) needs to be accepted. Kids aren’t allowed to learn what they need to because it’s been twisted to fit some warped test or agenda. Do any of you wonder why the US is the laughing stock of the world when it comes to education, why we don’t even rank in the top 10? No, I think that enough politicians (on both sides of the aisle) have experimented with education enough. This is why so many parents are perturbed with yet another politician (Obama) redefining what needs to be taught to kindergartners. It’s time to let kids be kids instead of little robots that suck in information
just to unload it on some test and then forget it at a later date.
Parents need to be role models to their kids not their buddies. Without discipline, individual responsibility, and accountability taught to kids by both parents and schools, sex ed will be nothing but a joke. Teachers know it (or should) and so should parents.

emjem24 – thank you for a balanced opinion!

Memo to Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Rodham and the rest of you anti-family, anti-American, leftist feminist kooks: Keep your leftist “values” to yourselves and your own children and keep your leftist fundamentalist religious cult and its “values” out of public schools.

Florin – HERE HERE!
Absolutely, especially here in Boulder!
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Which reminds me, I thought the excuse for muslim suicide bombers was lack of education opportunities… now I read headlines of “Muslim Doctors” doing it, I guess the lack educational opportunities was not the answer to that problem!?!

Florin, I wish every child in this world had loving parents. But not every one does. It’s a sad fact of society, and a reflection on the liberal attitude that a family doesn’t matter.

What can you expect from a far left liberal? I agree with the nuns comment.
Obama is a pure joke, put up by a group of people who are pure jokes. Unfortunately, there will be some who agree. I say, why don’t the democats keep sex out of school, and stay out of our children’s bedroom. It is nobody’s business how or what I say to my own kids about sex, or when I say it.

E.B.—I just complemented you and you had to show your true lib colors with your slam on religion. Tsk. Tsk.

This is another case whereby the government of Sodom and/or Gomorrah wanting to indoctrinate little childrens sexual education!

Kevin, I wasn’t slamming religion. But muslim suicide bombers DO kill others in the name of religion…fact?
Maybe lack of education outside their faith…but I don’t think being educated doctors prevents muslims from having strong religious beliefs.
Furthermore, just because I don’t think religion and government should mix doesn’t mean I don’t have religious beliefs.
I just want the government to stay out of my religious life!
Common ground!

sad thing about awful bush presidency is that a Liberal weirdo like oboma will probably get elected and we’ll have all sorts of ‘progressive’ garbage like ‘sex for kindergartners.’
sad but true.

That’s blog sister, to you, Kevin.

Folks, I don’t give a crap how “general” or how “age appropriate” the sex education is. I have 4 kids, all are older than kindergarden. I live in a very liberal state, a state that has not had any electoral votes for a Republican presidential candidate in my lifetime. I never was taught any sex education in school, I never received any “man to man” talk from my father. But I totally understood what would happen to me if I got anybody pregnant before I finished college. That’s all I needed to know.
One of the major problems with our society is that we have this mentality that more laws, more regulations, and more policies will result in an improved society. There is no more public trust in our parents. Everyone seems afraid of what might happen if the control was not in the hands of the government agencies.
The intent of our representative democracy is not to control everything, but to only control the essential functions that can not properly exist without such control. The military for example.

The Demo ticket will probably be
Hillary and Barack for Vice…
I want nothing to do with that village!

You may not be able to lead a horse to water, but put up a link on the Drudge Report and you sure can lead the rabid internet crazies into heavily blogging a website…

It difficult to believe how Obama doesn’t know common everyday people.
Teaching sex education in kindergarten; god forbid. Swearing to never shop at Walmart;outrageous. Has he lost his marbles. Everybody who makes under 250 grand shops at walmart. Going, going, gone.

Just Another Guy: You do realize that homeschoolers out-score public schoolers on standardized tests, consistently win national spelling and geography bees and are being actively recruited by universities? It’s not only due to academic achievement, but because they are so community-minded and are extremely well rounded when it comes to extra-curriculars. Colleges *love* homeschoolers.
You’d be hard-pressed to find many public schools still teaching Latin, but it’s a common subject for homeschoolers. Since we now have enough of a baseline to determine how homeschoolers fare as adults, studies have shown that they own homes at a younger age and are more likely to be entrepreneurs than their public schooled conterparts. No wonder you’re afraid of them.
More and more highly educated “professionals” are leaving the work force specifically to homeschool their children since the public schools spend a better portion of the day just trying to MAINTAIN ORDER. And if they don’t have a teaching degree.. so what? The government IS NOT RESPONSIBLE for dictating how children are to be taught.

It appears to some that a loving parent is a paranoid, suffocating, micromanaging and dumbing parent. It also appears to some that a loving parent is opposite to education.
Let me tell you what love is in my home.
First, we don’t talk about it. It is an emotion but more.
We love them by giving them affection daily. When they wake up we give them a smile. We tell them we are happy to see them. We ask them how they feel. We work for them to have what they need at the breakfast table.
We set boundaries and teach them discipline. When they show willful disobedience, we take one aside, explain calmly, hug them and wooden rod. Immediately we hug them and caress them and gently speak to them until their tears dry up and their smiles recover.

Pandering to the communist left! If he makes it past the primary these comments just sunk his campaign.

No need to panic…it’s to be expected. The solution, is simple: Tell your children that if the teacher brings up certain thing to talk about they are to get up and leave the classroom. I have done this with my two girls and if the schoolboard throws a fit and says you can’t do that, then bring out the magic word “LAWSUIT!”
Works everytime :)

This guy really came down a few notches in my opinion. Stay out of my kids head with this sex ed in kindergarten and stay away from any mention of sex to my kid in school! That is my business and my territory as a parent. If he asks the teacher where babies come from, tell him to ask his parent.
In kindergarten they don’t need to grasp the realities of sex yet, that is why there are fairy tales about storks. Now THAT, the kids can wrap their 5 year old brains around.

I’m just thankful that the large majority of people posting here feel as I do, that sex education has no place in a kintergarden class.
Couple Obama’s wishes to teach five year olds sex education with his plans to have universal health care pay for abortions, and you have a scary vision for the future. We already abort roughly 20% of our unborn, churning out over a million dead babies a year in the name of convenience and votes.

Gee, I’m conservative and I know it’s hard to believe but I’m not petrified of homosexuals, but you are right I am petrified of indoctrination of any kind.Where does that go? If we let you “indoctrinate” our children, then I guess we get to indoctrinate your children,right? No it’s not right for either of us. Oh, and being lectured on “tolerance” from liberals…that’s rich!Let’s hope you get the same tolerance from others that you’ve shown here (“I hope your kids turn out gay”? Wow,and that would be bad because?). It ain’t the homosexuality, it’s idea of indoctrinating kindergarteners.Get it?

Hillary could not have inflicted more damage on Obama if she tried. This is akin to Michael Dukakis riding in the tank with the stupid grin. If the Democrats put him on the ticket, independents will abandon them in droves – keep in mind these comments come on the same day that he also pushed for universal coverage of abortions.

US schools are lagging behind every other industrialized nation in science and math scores as it is. How about we teach kindergartners the multiplication tables instead of sex?! Which one is going to make them more capable students as they enter the education system? Can we PLEASE let parents be parents and let teachers be teachers and STOP this insanity?

Oh please. I’m being bigoted by saying that I hope you get stuck in a situation where you have to actually tolerate an idea which many obviously deplore? It’s something that petrifies about 80% of the parents that have posted here, because they’re afraid of their children being different.
And to the guy that said liberals enjoy taking jobs over children and aborting as many babies as possible, well, you’re just a fool.

My wife and I recently sat down with our 12 yr old to discuss the birds and bees. We know that he hears things from his peers and we also realize that he sees many things through the media. We told him that the school will be teaching him the physical aspects of sex ed but it was our responsibility to provide him the moral and ethical framework. Sex ed does begin at an early age but it should be through parents instilling values, ethics and self-confidence in their young children, not the government or public schools. This is where many of today’s parents can’t compete with previous generations.

Sex ed will suddenly seem like a good idea when your five-year-old comes home pregnant.

quote:I got a news flash for you parents.
“Pregnancy and STDs happen because kids are learning the info from the streets, Hollywood, and their friends INSTEAD of from their parents. And parents stick their heads in the ground, fearing that litle birds-and-bees talk. They don’t think to face that task … until of course, their kid’s about to be a parent. TOO LATE !
SOMEONE has to teach your kids about sex and give them good info if you don’t. Parents are FORCING the government to educate your kids. Think about that.”
Newsflash to you:
The VAST and I mean VAST majority of parents don’t have the problems you speak of, stop forcing your views on the majority of us because a minority of parents have problems teaching their children. Focus on educating those parents not the majority of our kids!

Sex ed. is good for kindergarten students. After all, I think they should know before 1st grade that they are about to be ‘screwed’ in gov’t schools. What other gov’t institution has done more to rape our history of its foundations, strip classrooms of the Word of the knowledge of God, good and evil, promote murder for convenience, and applaud a lifestyle of doom.

Dave, you’ve got your head in the sand if you think that teen pregnancies, STDs, and other, similar problems don’t exist on a large scale.
That’s really all I have to say. Maybe it hasn’t happened in your town, not yet, but it will. Maybe it’ll be a bust for underage drinking at a school dance, or a bunch of kids getting high before class, or a meth ring, but it’s there. And it WILL happen, eventually.

Not Everything I Needed to Know in Life was Learned in Kindergarten

Unlike Robert Fulghum, not everything I needed to know in life was learned in Kindergarten. Some things like how to drive a car in Houstons rush hour traffic, how to appreciate a glass of single malt scotch, and how to have sex I…

Sex education is inappropriate at that age. What they should learn about is how to recognize and avoid predatory adults–pedophiles, those who would touch them inappropriately or otherwise physically abuse them. This is not education about sex but about the abuse of power and violence by much older children and adults. This is about child safety in a society that has become debased by the very forces we want to protect them from. This should be about victim prevention not a veiled attempt to prepare them to be successfully solicited.

kindgergarten is way too early. THey won’t be able to have sex for years. Let them enjoy childhood. I’m not opposed to it in 6th or 7th grade, but kindergarten is ridiculous.

Our tax supported school system is for the three Rs; Reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic and how to spell them correctly in English along with the rest of a developing lexicon.
I agree with those who believe that sex education, including the appropriate time to have sex and along with good manners, right from wrong, and how to tie one’s shoes, etc., are the sole responsibilities of parents and legal guardians. Coroborration and expansion of the basic sex education taught by parents and guardians comes from peers as our kids engage in discussions about sex just as we parents did.
On the other hand, the government knows a lot about sex because it manages to screw up just about everything it touches! Its the same government that brings us the US Post Office, AMTRAC, political manipulation of war fighting, and the judicial system to name a few. Now I need to worry about a Program of Instruction for Sex Kindergarten Style with directions from the President as the authority?

“The ‘establishment’ of this site is a liberal-hating orgy which has no foundation in facts, only hyperbole designed to scare the populace at large.”
Obama stated what he believes and this site reported what he said and also allows us to post. That’s the way freedom and flow of information should work and I applaud this site.

This site was singularly deceptive. Obama advocated information on ‘inappropriate touching’ to kids, which sounds a-OK to me. And then people just read the headlines and went berserk when they thought he’d be teaching a homosexual agenda/young kids the graphic nature of intercourse.
Rabid reactionaries, all of you.

I’m sorry…I read the article and watched the video. Yes, Obama does advocate information on ‘inappropriate touching’, however he did say that he was in favor of age appropriate sex ed.
The majority of the persons posting here today are in agreement that at age 5 there is nothing appropriate about teaching any form of sex ed, period. I also don’t recall seeing too many posts claiming Obama was teaching homosexual agenda’s or young kids the graphic nature of intercourse.
The concern here is crossing the line of sex education in public schools at the age of 5 or 6 years old. I’m sorry, but as I stated earlier, my wife is a teacher and this just doesn’t come up on it’s own at this age very often if at all. In five years she’s never once had a child ask where do babies come from.
I’d rather be a rabid reactionary then a complacent follower willing to agree with everything that comes out of a politician’s mouth.

A day later, and you people STILL haven’t used your privately-educated reading skills to comprehend the article!
Hilarious!

Christian Broadcasting Network Slams Romney on Misleading Obama and Sex Ed in KindergartenStory

Mitt Romney has shown himself to be a crooked politician. Watch the video below of him spreading a misleading story about Obama supporting teaching kindergarteners about sex. The Christian Broadcasting Network (Pat Robertsons network of all pe…

Just a guy,
Your argument is not really about “marrying for love”, because ANYONE can do that and call themselves as such in a non-state sanctioned ceremony officiated by who or whatever the heck they want to render such service. Your argument is ONLY about securing ‘automatic’ property rights and the additional hard-to-obtain benefit of tagging in on another’s medical insurance benefits. Where the insurance is another issue, pretty much everything else should be fixable with a decent lawyer and some contracts. So then that argument boils down to tapping someone else’s insurance benefits, right?

Just another guy:
I am a paralegal working in a law firm. I printed my posts as well as yours.
I aksed two attorneys their opinions.
They both said that you are dead wrong.
Sorry to disappoint you.

I think alot of people commenting on this article didn’t read the whole thing. He’s arguing that teachers can have the option to tell kids that babies don’t come from the stork. It wont be an explicit sex education that high schoolers would get. It would be a very basic stripped down “Babies come from…” talk. That seems appropriate to me. If kida are informed about that maybe they wont do stupid experiments as 12 year olds.

I agree with Obama. Teen pregnancy might be at an all time low, but then you should break it down. What about small town America? Have you gone to any high schools in small towns lately? I’m not talking about small towns with the population of 100. I’m talking about cities with 40,000 people. There seems to be at least one pregnant girl in each class. What is really sad is that pregnant girls are popping up in middle schools. Last year, there was an 11 year old who was pregnant at an intermediate school (5th and 6th grade). That is sick. Get with the program people! Parents are obviously not teaching it at home, and the kids are learning about it elsewhere, probably a bad source too. I’m not saying to teach them everything in Kindergarten, but they need to be taught something. What’s happening now just isn’t working. Face the facts.

Those silly conservatives- they don’t want us to have choices. They’d rather deny all children the chance to be educated than simply choosing to keep their children’s ears closed. It’s their way or no way at all!

Shanon, reality check, most of the founding fathers were Deist or Atheist.

We should be talking about dissolving national standards for education instead of stupid little side issues like this. Maybe sex should be talked about at home, maybe it shouldn’t, but one things for sure: if it takes a village to raise a child, then the village should run the school.

He said age-appropriate. Why can’t you guys read?

Okay guys, we’re not talking about teaching children the intricacies of male-female sexual relations, just that there is a difference between male and female anatomy and that babies come from a mother’s body, not some mythical creature. I can’t believe anybody, even those opposed to Obama for other reasons, can really find fault with this. Are you opposed to general health information for this age group?
The cabbage patch was a great answer back in 66 and shut most of up until -
1. You got a younger sibling and figured it out.
2. Dad (in my case) had “the talk” with you.

It’s interesting to read how many of you religious, family-values oriented, compassionate conservatives can be so hateful and vindictive when you disagree with someone. As a follower of Christ’s teachings, I have to ask myself, what would he say to all of you who are shutting down communication with your cruel words and close-mindedness (since he was, after all, quite the liberal in his time — love you enemy? now that’s revolutionary!)…WWJD?

Slick is the word that comes as I watch this man. Take a look a the video: the pauses, the timing, his hand across his heart to show his sincerity, I guess.
To the the uninformed guy: Take a look at who companies are flocking to hire: home schooled products! Why? they can read and write and, wonder of wonders, pout a sentence together. Dismantle the
the Dept of Ed and let parents receive vouchers.
Next time you get a chance,ask Mr Obama to explain one world order to you….ask Mrs. CLinton why she wants communism here inteh states when Europe is waking up to the fact that it doesn’t work….go France. If Mrs CLinton wins, I’mmoving to France:)
My last point to Mr. Obama is teach the children to read and write so they may have hope and a future.
Slick we don’t need in the White House.

quote:
It’s interesting to read how many of you religious, family-values oriented, compassionate conservatives can be so hateful and vindictive when you disagree with someone. As a follower of Christ’s teachings, I have to ask myself, what would he say to all of you who are shutting down communication with your cruel words and close-mindedness (since he was, after all, quite the liberal in his time — love you enemy? now that’s revolutionary!)…WWJD?
The meaning of liberal today is leftist that’s why people call themselves “progressives” to keep people confused.
George W. Bush is a liberal by historical standards starting at our Founding Fathers. Both parties have moved left from previous years were as Bush is more like JFK than most democrats today. Kind of like both the left and right in Europe would both be considered left by our current standards.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. -Winston Churchill

Quote of the Day

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told Planned Parenthood Tuesday that sex education for kindergarteners, as long as it is age-appropriate, is the right thing to do.
Next it will be the pre-schools.
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Hey, Obama is just saying to be open and honest and clear to these 5 year-olds. Lying to kids, or misleading them is wrong.
If they ask where babies come from, epxlain the process. If they’re old enough to ask about feltching, then why not explain the hazards and how to properly do so to them?
You don’t want them engaging in feltching at that age without some understanding of the process.
And for those of you who looked up feltching to find out what I was talking about… I can’t possibly apologize enough.

quote:
“But speaking as a victim of sexual abuse when I was little (at about 4 years of age), I wish that someone would have told me that my body was my own. My parents didn’t think it was necessary to tell me.”
While I feel pity for you for what you must have gone through emotionally truth be told Obama’s plan would not have helped you unless it started in pre-school. The sad fact that your parents were negligible still does not give you, Obama, or anyone the right to intrude upon good parents rights.

Are any of the posters who are “outraged” by this idea actually reading the article, or are they just reading ABC’s horribly misleading headline and posting straight after that?

Another example of how conservatives spin the truth to shock their base into voting republican.. This seems to happen with every isse and convservative politicians, websites, news channels, and organizations love this tatic because it is so effective. The reason it is so effective is because conservatives rarley examine the other side of issues because they “know” they are right.. I have to be honest, I don’t have respect for any person or group of people, conservative or liberal, who spin the truth to consistently maintain an ideology. I am a progressive democrat and my best friend is an ultra conservative republican. We are both 19, and I have alot of respect for him because he is willing to understand both sides of an issue and because he is convservative because of his own beliefs, instead of being told what to believe by an ideology. If you go online, you will find what alot of other people who commented on here have said, that all it is is telling children were babies come from and that men and women do have sex to have children.. I respect everyones beliefs so if your a conservative and your still appalled, do the conservative thing to do and get the other side, I have the link below
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/19/277886.aspx

How many liberals that support Obama’s view would advocate teaching kids at any grade level how to properly handle guns as to avoid the accidental shooting deaths from kids mishandling guns?
It’s basically the same argument I see being made hear by liberals but most liberals advocate guns should be illegal even though that view is unConstitutional. Pedophilia is already illegal so unless you’re going to advocate teaching proper gun safety to children you’re a bunch of busy-body hypocrites.

In Defense ofObama

I never thought Id be typing such a title.
Matt Margolis (GOP Bloggers) is upset over the news – its not news really, Alan Keyes made an issue of it in 2004 – that Barack Obama supports age appropriate sex education for kind…

Dangerously stupid blog post with intentionally inflammatory title.

It’s obvious that Americans are amongst the worst parents on the planet, as our children grow into adults thinking it’s OK to be dishonest, deceitful and in total denial of the natural order. Just because all you 30, 40, 50-somethings never got the opportunity to grow into maturity doesn’t make it right for you to induce your children into a lifetime of ignorance.
One way or another, at the age of 5, most children are adept and aware enough to form complete sentences and ask questions fundamental to their own existences. If they’re only going to be lied to or ignored at home, why not answer their basic queries in the classroom? I’d like to think my tax dollars are going to further the development of human civilization, after all.

I think the whole Sex Ed for kindergarten children is being taken completely out of loop, it sounds like to me more of a situation where it’s a mommy holds the baby daddy is like fertilizer you have organs to do it when you get older you shouldn’t let anyone else touch them, and if anyone does tell an adult.

Just the word sex-ed scares many parents. I don’t believe that schoold should teach sex to children. What I believe that the parents should get education how to raise the children with christian-Judeo values. That is the end of the story.

I get what he’s going for, but it’s up to the parents, when it’s for such young children. I think it’s ok to tell KGs that sex is between two people (typically a man and woman). That’s pretty much all that needs to be said.
I would feel very uncomfortable having my child look at diagrams and charts of that kind. Getting Sex-Ed in Junior High was just fine for me, and its fine for everyone.
And obviously, if teenagers are having sex, it’s not because they are ignorant. If they were ignorant, they wouldn’t understand sex. The kids just don’t having a strong moral foundation out their homes.

If we were a little more open about the FACT that we have sexuality as part of our human nature, we probably would be a bit more comfortable in our own skin. Shhhh! Don’t talk about that in front of the C-H-I-L-D.

Just another reason to send our children to Christian Private Schools and do away with public education. I mean come on, why is our government deciding what is right to teach our children and not the parents. First it was evolution, and now sex ed to kindergarteners, I don’t know, maybe it was just me that was was an issue that was left up to my parent to explain, not a liberal public school teacher.

Americans are crazy. Why is this even an issue to anyone? All he said was “teach facts”. How sex works is a fact. There is nothing purient, unclean or wrong about it. It is what it is. My youngest daughter asked me about sex when she was in kindergarten. I gave her a brief high level answer and that was it. She was happy and better yet, I didn’t teach her that someone how sex was something it was wrong to talk about. That way lies teen pregnancy.

Just another in a long list of reasons not to vote for this zero.

The fact of the matter is this blog and Mitt Romney included took Obama’s words out of context. When Obama spoke of sex-ed for kindergarteners he meant the teaching of appropriate and inappropriate touching. With a world full of child molesters and predators, I think this level of teaching is beneficial in teaching children how to get help when they are touched in an inappropriate matter. This should awaken the eyes of the Catholic Church.

babies come from mommies tummies..
we dont kiss each other at school..
private parts are just that private..
good gawd folks.. he’s not recommending teaching 5 yr olds the graphic details, get a grip!?
the rest can be learned with childhood playmates and ‘I’ll show you mine if you show me yours! :-)
A strategically placed “Every Womans Standard Medical Guide” (in my parents bookcase) is what got me through, although I couldnt understand ‘frigidity’ was :-)
As a married man of 12+ years I now know :-) although they could have done a better job of explaining the causes of ‘headache’!
Bush apologists, get thyselves over to Iraq right now and help out!
I shake my head

Since this will be the sinking of Obama’s presidential run or his VP chances. I propose history remembers this as “The Audacity of a Dope.”
Hillary can sleep tight tonight.

Another reason why I will never vote democrat and why I will send my kids to private schools.

You know, “sex education” isn’t ONLY about the act of intercourse; it includes things like anatomy, learning how the body functions, what changes to expect with growth, proper hygiene, respect for oneself and one’s right to not have their bodies violated, etc. For a five or six year-old, there’s nothing wrong with learning the basics about these things.That’s what the phrase “age-appropriate” means. How much sexual abuse might be prevented if kids had even a vague idea that what was happening to them is not right? Teach your kids that adults “know best” and have all the answers and absolute power over them, and the first sicko that comes along is going to have a very easy time wielding their power over them. There’s also nothing wrong with saying “for further information, talk to your parents.” Of course, when a kid has uptight, overly moralistic parents who refuse to address the issue because it’s “wrong” or “dirty” or a “sin,” this can lead to problems, especially when that five or six year-old turns into a 13 or 14 year-old with lots of questions, lots of feelings, lots of hormones and no basic biological facts. Information is power, and ignorance is not bliss. Anyone who thinks that it’s better to keep their children in the dark than to give them the tools they need to survive in a world that is not always kind probably shouldn’t have bred in the first place. In fact, if they were raised that way, it’s amazing they figured out how.

Just maybe there would be less abortions if people were taught how to protect and care about and for themselves instead of parents who don’t talk to their children about anything real, least of all their sexuality. It’s a shame that so many of you posting here view this as some kind of moral attack against you, and don’t even see that it’s about preparing your children for the real world. I was a teenager, and I know the reality of the choices I faced every day. Easy solution, those who don’t want it taught to your children, don’t sign the permission slip. Those that want it taught, sign it. Those of you so appalled by what Barack had to say weren’t going to vote for him anyway. You’re just using this as a platform to spread lies about an article you didn’t even read. I have news for you, children should beware of preditors. Go to the FDLE or whatever it’s called in your state and just look at how many pedophiles there are out there. You best arm your children with knowlege so they know to be careful of what’s going on around them, and many times it’s a family member.

Frank, nobody is trying to make your children gay. Give is a rest already.

I will not give it a rest already. I see whats going on in the schools. In my nephew’s class in 7th grade they used a whole health ed period to talk about sexual positions. They have gay pride week, a day of silence in support of gays and cross dress day. Don’t tell me I don’t know what the real agenda is. Don’t get me wrong I’ve got friends that are gay and I love them as my friends but even they tell me what is really happening now in sex ed classess. The earlier you desentisize kids to any kind of sexual propaganda the easier it is to make them accept anything as OK. Look at the sex ed being taught in schools. Look at the questionares they are giving our kids to answer. Do the research, I have. Back in the late 70′s early 80′s they said that “they will sodimize your sons in the military in the school locker room”, etc. until all things are acceptable.

You’re so right K. It’s easy to say “no one’s teaching sex ed to my children but me,” but there are so many children out there that don’t have parents, or one’s that aren’t interested in them or their well being. There are so many children with parents who are addicts, or so caught up in their own lives they just can’t be bothered. Who do they have to teach them? For every nice family life 1 child has, another has it really bad. You can’t just think about yourself and what you want. There is a whole country out here people, and we can’t just ignore that fact!

what ever happened to the three R’s?
Reading,writing, and arithmetic?This is what I want teachers to teach.I mean, I appreciate the school systems concern that my child might grow up with some of my values.I appreciate large amounts of cultural awareness and diversity being pushed, so the other kids in school can understand my white kids,really.They need to be seen as people too.
I know that they may grow up not learning to see sexual partners in every face they encounter.And I agree that not being open to progressive radical alternatives may hurt the continued evolution of our thoughts to “The Correct”.But I also believe I am right.raeding, writing, arithmetic.Thats all thank you.Ill deal with college life when or IF they get there.

That is a very nice thought, and I wish that would happen, but that usually isn’t the country we live in. We are here with a major crisis of apathy among us. I wish they would also teach self esteem classes and a sense of fair play to children. Sometimes you win, and sometimes you loose.

Come on little Nancy see how easy it is to put the ballon on the banana…….how about we put God back into kindergarten!!!!

“how about we put God back into kindergarten!!!!”
Because everyone doesn’t believe in gawd?
Because gawd is something that OUGHT to be taught at home or church?
Because I don’t want my kids growing up being taught fairy tales as reality?
Because public funding of religious practices is unconstitutional?
You want your kid to learn about gawd, you can pay to send him/her to private school. School is where kids go to learn, not to be fed myths and lies.

So far, our educationsl system has proven that it does, indeed, take a village to raise an idiot. With the US not even being in the top 10 academically worldwide, we should all be this outraged at the substandard education our children get on a daily basis. If our schools only had to concentrate on actually TEACHING kids instead of spending a huge part of our tax dollars on the latest and greatest feel good, everyone’s a winner, why try to achieve when you don’t really have to crap, we wouldn’t be having the social problems we’re having.
Yes, there are a lot of really bad parents out there. The large majority are products of our fine public school system. If our school system were a business, it would have gone under a long time ago due to the shoddy products being put out. And it’s not usually the teachers’ fault. Having taught Elementary school for several years, I know how hard it is to do a great job when every stinking year you go to more in-services where you’re told which new flavor of teaching we’d be using that year. The hell with consistancy, or using something that’s tried and true. As a nation, we’ve bought into that whole “next best thing” mentality. That also has a lot to do with our divorce rate. Commitment is passe; there’s always something bigger and better out there.
All of this is the long way around of saying if the educational system had been doing it’s job for the past 40 years, we wouldn’t have turned out a lot of the lousy parents that are out there now, and this discussion wouldn’t even be needed. It’s a parent’s job to discuss with their own child good touch/bad touch, your body is your own, etc…It’s just another example of our lazy society trying to put off yet another parental responsibility onto the school. We’ve allowed the government too much access into our educational system as it is. It gripes the hell out of me to know that the tax dollars I work so hard to pay each year will go to crap like elementary sex ed, and we have kids graduating who can’t read, write a complete thought, or give correct change without a cash register to do the work for them.
OK…that’s my rant for the day.

Sen. Barack Obama and the other laefties has gone mad.
we need to stand up as nation and stop this kind of nonsense.
STOP YOU ARE NOT THE GOD
STOP ACTING LIKE ONE.
I HAVE TWO BOYS I WILL NOT SEND MY KIDS IN U.S.A. B/C IN OTHER COUNTRIES THEY DO NOT TEACH KIDS ABOUT SEX AT THAT AGE SO IT’S BETTER TO TAKE MY KIDS FOR SCHOOLING IN OTHER COUNTRY OR DO HOME SCHOOLING.

I find this a bit troubling…
Deciding to tell 5 year olds about male and female anatomy, and informing in the hopes of helping protect children from pedophilia, is controversial…
but the words “age appropriate” take a double barrel shotgun to the issue. It’s one thing that the more optimistic meaning to this (as stated above) is controversial, however the vague terminology, and the “opting out” rather than “opting in” matter to the idea makes me unconditionally opposed.
To be brief in my reasoning: The O’Reilly Factor, although in my opinion a poor resource for political analysis, the show itself tackles culture issues from the conservative perspective. Much of the news from the stated source concerns incidents in schools in which speakers or teachers impose liberally supercharged political messages, or absolutely libertine sex messages to students (better named in technical terms as “the captive audience”). Schools have at times offered an opt out, but instead of giving parents time to read and consider, they send said forms the day before the field trip/activity/lecture, in order to maximize their influence.
I have no reason to see why this idea could not, nor would not be abused and twisted into a method of undisguised indoctrination, if you were to consider the sum up of the assumed education points stated in the beginning to be non-indoctrinating.
To anyone who may suggest that our current culture’s decline as something that should not be opposed, has failed to grasp the common element of good parenting. Parents, are obligated to shield, and deprogram their children from the blatantly harmful influences of modern culture. I consider it shameful to suggest what’s modern to be better than the system of family and values that has proven itself to create better human beings time and time again. Frankly, anyone who may claim this to be helpful to children with negligent parents is a living testament to the failures of tampering with the traditional, functional, and effective family system.
It cannot be ignored that the societal problems we face now, were much smaller before the 1960′s. Seeing this progressive method has failed us before, who should think it will not fail us again if this were to be given serious light?

> Teach the kids how to read and send the encyclopedia home with them for their parents to choose to touch the subject or not.
Well, that’s an opinion. I disagree, but I don’t really have a big problem with it. To me, it’s as if the teacher were asked “is the Earth flat” and sent the kid home to mom & dad to answer. But if that makes you happy, so be it.
But why all the outrage? If your religion claimed babies come from the easter bunny, at least I’d understand where this comes from (i.e., the exact same place as the Islamic cartoon-outrage). But though it really must given the reaction, I don’t really see how this impacts religion at all.

Just another example of liberal idiocy by the Obamanation. Teaching kindergartners about sex ed is just about as relevant as trying to teach a monkey how to split the atom. Unbelieveable. And this guy wants to be my president? Sorry Barack Hussein Obama, I don’t think so.

Is Barack Obama’s middle name really Hussein??? OMG! Even if I had considered voting for him before, that certainly rules it out!

[quote]“Well, that’s an opinion. I disagree, but I don’t really have a big problem with it. To me, it’s as if the teacher were asked “is the Earth flat” and sent the kid home to mom & dad to answer. But if that makes you happy, so be it.”
Wrong, it’s nothing of the sort. A better analogy would be “do you support teaching a five year old gun safety because some irresponsible kids accidentally kill other kids because they don’t know how to properly handle a gun. Most liberals advocate gun control instead. Well, pedophilia is already illegal and the Constitution gives parents a right to own guns, it also gives us the right to raise our own children without government interference when no laws are being broken. I’m sick of having things shoved into my kids faces because a minority of people have problems raising their children. Obama needs to preach responsibility to those parents not my children whom I raise responsibly. Of course he might loose their votes if he gets in their face about their lack of parenting as I tend to think people who shirk their responsibility to the government tend to vote democrat.
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“But why all the outrage? If your religion claimed babies come from the easter bunny, at least I’d understand where this comes from (i.e., the exact same place as the Islamic cartoon-outrage). But though it really must given the reaction, I don’t really see how this impacts religion at all.”
The outrage is over Obama and leftist like him thinking they know best with their one size fits all BS they apply to everything. I also don’t want people who advocate the right to kill their babies telling me how to raise mine.
You go right ahead and deprive your kid of the Easter bunny or Santa Claus but don’t tell me I have to deprive my kid of their childhood because you do. Got it?

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“but your right to have ignorant children ENDS the moment it means my kids have to be ignorant too.”
It does? You can’t teach your child yourself? What an idiotic thing to say!

> do you support teaching a five year old gun safety
Huh? “Babys grow from tiny eggs in a woman’s tummy” is closer to teaching kids how to shoot a gun than teaching them the shape of the Earth? Embryology and the shape of the Earth are naturalistic observations about everyday objects that are indeed in the child’s experience.
> don’t tell me I have to deprive my kid of their childhood because you do. Got it?
Sure. You want to “bear false witness” to your child about where babies come from and the rest of us have to tip-toe around your lies when designing school curriculum, for fear of your outrage. How dare you!

“And I could be wrong, but isn’t that exactly what the government is supposed to do, tackle the problems we can’t or won’t deal with ourselves?”
Oh, you most certainly are wrong.
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” ~ Gerald Ford

Hmmm…sounds like Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD, where sex play was part of kindergarten & preschool. In his view, totalitarianism would willingly be taken on for the sake of pleasure, which started with teaching kids to “feel,” and not to think, from the earliest ages.

I don’t think this is well thought out. To believe that these young young children will even have the attention span and understanding to learn about sex at this age is not really practical.
I do, however think that we need to educated our kids about sex in order that they don’t become curious and experimental later on, but I’m not sure about teaching 4,5 and 6 year olds about sex when they are supposed to be learning colors, animals and ABC’s

This topic is touchy to say the very least, but when we have young girls begininning their menses at younger ages, as young in some instances as 8 and 9, than we did then when do we start telling our babies something? This is something that should start at home. Having and opt out plan for parents is a good alternative for those who would rather teach their children when they feel the maturity level has reached to handle it. The thing is that our children are becoming more curious at earlier ages and have different stages of developement mentally and physically. I support this endeavor especially for those who don’t know what to say to the child and need a little help instead of leaving it up to the child to figure it out all by themselves. My parents didn’t decide to “teach me” until I was 12. By then it was too late. I had already been introduced when I was 6, and this was in the 70′s. We need to grow up on some issues. I don’t believe we should go all out but I do believe that something needs to be done to protect our children from the lack of knowledge so they can better prepare themselves for their future. Our daughters are becoming mothers at 10 and 11 yrs old. Where do we start? I say “our” because we have failed to realize in this society that it really does take “a whole village to raise a child”. Let’s get it together before it’s too late.

You can’t even teach kids to read, write, and do math and you want more time from that curriculum thrown away to teach them about sex.
And kids die from gun accidents and since gun rights are embedded in the Constitution they’re not going away. If you want them to learn about sex at age 5 then I want gun safety taught at age ten. And my kids already know people shouldn’t touch them, we taught our kids when they potty trained!

It seems like everybody is missing the point. The state has no business being involved in teaching peoples children anything like this. Belief is private and personal, these statistics do not believe what I do and I do not believe what they do. I believe in Jesus and creation, whether God used a big bang or a little pop make no difference to me. If you want to be the states slave that is your prerogative, but leave me alone.

As a child I was sexually molested at age 6 by an 18 year old friend of my brother. I had no tools to deal with it until I reached my twenties. Until then I felt shame and felt it was “my fault”.
Of COURSE we should be talking to kids about sex. Those of you who are NOT teaching your kids about “good touch” and “bad touch” are opening them up to serious danger.
I have 7 and 9 year old children. We’ve talked about which parts of their bodies are private since about age 3 or 4.
When they talk about “age appropriate sex ed” they are talking about this and general discussions of physical differences in the bodies of girls and boys. Something most children notice at about age 3-4 whether you talk about it or not.

The US is way out of line. For decades, in Europe and elsewhere PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Ed) has included sex-ed for children 6-10. It’s simple, tasteful and science-based. After all, kids can easily learn where puppies and kittens come from – what’s so dirty about humans? Make no mistake, this debate is about the US DENYING INFORMATION to children which is normal and natural for them to have.

Because the only thing that matters in the world is abortion, right ?
Nothing else. Not kids safety, not the environment, not anything.
All abortion, all the time. Right, ?

Let me tell you all a very interesting story. When my girlfriend was in the second grade, she asked her mother where babies come from. Her mother proceeded to draw a picture of a uterus and fallopian tubes, and never lied to her. You know what happened, she had more respect for her body and herself than any other person her age. She also had more knowledge of the human body also.
There is nothing wrong with answering questions with real answers. All lies do is just confuses kids more about their bodies.

In an ideal world, children of a young age would have no curiousity about sex, and at the age deemed appropriate by the parent, a child would have a sit-down with its parents to learn the values of its body.
Unfortunately, that’s not the world we live in. In a world where child pornography and pedophiles are more and more abundant, the governmet is trying to do what it can to give children an education so that they have a better chance of being safe.
There are less and less children in the public school system who come from stable, moral, law abiding families. We have to consider the ones who have negligent parents, or are victims to abuse they don’t underdstand. Of course, parents should choose whether a child should be taught.
However, I think the same people who are complaining about this idea would complain just as loudly if the government offered no solution to the ever rising numbers of sexually active children.
There is no shame in Obama is trying to do. He is only trying giving the impression that he wants to exercise the power of the presidency to educate the children on something that can affect that WILL affect them at some point, and may damage them physically or mentally.

Maybe we should just let the flood gates open. Everything goes no matter what age. This country is going to hell fast. I’m at the point now that I used to care but now I don’t. This country will be over soon and I just hope I am dead by then. Sad cuz I being in the military I love this country and want to protect it…at least I used to.

Thanks Kari, I completely agree.
The thing is, the truth should be taught, the truth would never lead children astray, it’s the lies and deception that is confusing our children from doing the right thing, from following their gut instinct and what doesn’t feel right and to leave and be able to think for themselves in that matter when they feel uncomfortable in any situation. You don’t have to “listen to the grownups” when they are the ones trying to molest you, you have the knowledge to know it is wrong and not be blindly led to follow the rules and do what they tell you. To not teach your children to be able to think for themselves puts them at high risk for predators out there who will try to take advantage of their innocence. This is truth. Children are discovering their sexuality at ages as young as 5, of course they are, why not? Haven’t any of you uys ever studied Freud? This is an age of complete innocence and sex is not anything dirty, it is as natural as wondering anything about your body and the world. If the children are not taught that it is dirty and wrong then maybe they would have healthier relationships when they get older. They would understand sex should be paired with love, they would understand consent, about respect, about being safe and healthy. You people are really confused as to how much kids really know nowadays and are underestimating how smart they can be, you are only trying to confuse them and delude them, they can understand if you just let them. They know what is right and wrong and they will not have to feel ashamed or guilty for wondering about natural bodily functions, most of all, they will know to be in control of their own body, that their body belongs to them and nobody can make them feel uncomfortable and ashamed of their body. By keeping them in the dark you are only allowing others to manipulate and deceive them.
Barack Obama sounds like an intelligent man and one who understands human nature and wants the best for our children and country, not leaving them in the dark.

One more thing: When kindergarten children ask where babies come from, the parents can tell them from the mother’s body. If they get more inquisitive, just tell them the father helped put the baby there. If they ask “how,” just say by special delivery. That’s all they need to know at a young age.
I doubt that the average kid is going to expect technical answers.

Please, please, please people…reread the story…get past the sensationbalized headline and read Barack’s quotes…I hope they’re accurate. He is advocating for AGE APPROPRIATE discussions, not state-mandated classes..the bulk of his quotes in the story talked about older kids anyway, and when he did refer to the younger students he was referring to telling them the difference between good touching and bad touching…what is wrong with that? Sure, parents are the best sources of this kind of info…but what if your parent is so closed-minded, or had been molested themselves, or just plain didn’t give a crap? You think that kid is going to get the best info, info that may save him or her form a lifetime of pain at orst and a little bit of confusion at best? Context people, CONTEXT! What Obama said was well-reasoned and well said…as always.

What’s next? We send our children to school to be potty trained, because, we, as parents, are so incompetent we are unable to perform the task ourselves? Why do we spend millions on the federally funded D.A.R.E program which has yet to be proven effective? Now let’s teach age appropriate awareness of sex in Kindergarten because a MINORITY of parents can’t, don’t, won’t, teach it at home. New flash, teachers quickly become aware of which children have “problems”. They are instantly referred to a counselor and the parents and student are sat down for a “chat” and issues are resolved.
Why is so much of Federal funding geared to a small group of people? Because, we as Americans, are more interested in “feeling good” about ourselves and we want to be politically correct at all times. To digress from the mainstream would just not make us feel good about ourselves. Go ahead, blame the government on everything that you perceive is wrong. If you folks out there are really serious, make it known at the voting booth from the local level to the Federal level. How many of you out there have voted in a local election or have even seen a voting booth?
Teachers have an overwhelming job to meet all of the Federal guidelines put before them. Kindergarten sex ed will just be another burden for them which will distract them from their educational tasks. Kindergarten is usually only a half day program in most States, so let’s just squeeze one more federally required program into those few short hours. Let’s forget that Kindergarten is supposed to prepare youngsters for their academic and social life down the road of a life long education. Who is going to write the curriculum for the K sex Ed? A Federal Committee (more money). Execution of the program will vary from district to district depending on how that school system sees itself in the mainstream and what the parents in that district will tolerate. Would it not be wiser to spend the money on bringing us up to par or exceeding par of our Asian and European counterparts in graduating students who can actually read, write, spell, know their American and International history, have a good working knowledge of math and science?
It is always interesting see how foreign students know more about our American history than our own students.

What everyone is missing is Age appropriate, who gets to decide what age appropriate is, the vile abortion mongers who developed the program for the public schools. Not for my girls.
May God help those kids<

Hmmm, is this thaaaaat confusing and covered. Parents are sooo reticent to talk about how they relate to eacy other. Umm, eerr ,ohh that, you know.
The proper discussion is about how we became a family. Why make it dirty how they met, got married and had children??? OOOOPs Can’t talk that. Why. Because we have participated in things in our lives or thoughts which, embarrass us, or seen the results of others doing so? What’s wrong???
We are born with this in our flesh and minds. Just because there is an area of desire which is not right or appropriate; do we not talk about the right way of life connected with it.
Maybe parents just cannot tell about it for the old foolish adage that if “you tell ‘em about sex they’ll go out seeking it.” Maybe it is just misunderstanding how it is natural and good in a marriage. A bond between a man and his wife for strength, peace and to show love in unity. Tough to talk about it if you don’t have the proper view.
Of course, for some sex isn’t sacred. It’s recreation. Thus, women and men use each other a temporary vacation for their pleasure. No matter the consequences. Some even welcome such. Hmmm Hedonism, wants all in the boat. Even if it’s sinking!!
The most foolish and destructive to family and life is homosexuality. Men and women will do this , yes, for them who are we know to you it is about the fact you feel this way. However, it is unnatural and against natural inclination. If you are happy that way, so be it. If not, find out why. Maybe there’s a way out.

Mind you, im not a fan Obama, but seriously? Growing up in the XY Generation myself, i know from personal experience I learned a lot of my facts about sex far before I ever took sex ed. OBVIOUSLY, we aren’t going to teach 5 years olds about contraceptives, and about the extensive anatomy, but i think it is very important for them to understand how boys and girls are different. Sex education isn’t just about SEX, oh no, it’s the S-WORD! God Forbid we say SEXUAL EDUCATION, but you know, Health is an acceptable course. It’s The SAME DAMN THINGS. Look up what you’re kids are learning in high school while taking, oh my gosh, HEALTH. Really now, Do you HONESTLY think Obama wants to teach 5 year olds how a penis works? NO, Stop being so thick head and realize what he is trying to do. Really people, I know for a fact you’re smarter than that.

“But we also know that when the statistics tell us that nearly half of 15 to 19 year olds are engaging in sexual activity, that for us to leave them in ignorance is potentially consigning them to illness, pregnancy, poverty, and in some cases, death.”"
Obama is clueless as to cause of the problem he cites.
The real problem is family court reform which no one has the guts to deal with.

*Palm to forehead* Many of you are so moronic I can’t even take it. Firstly, this quote is taken totally out of context. Obama is simply seeking to provide a more comprehensive sex education system for middle schoolers and high schoolers, this whole stupid kindergarten thing just got brought up out of the blue by someone asking a stupid question.
Many of you seem to think that if you don’t teach people abstinence only sex ed that everyone will become pregnant, when the reverse is true! I live in Boise, Idaho, and between Burley and Boise sex ed Boise’s is way more comprehensive and includes condoms and the like. In Burley they teach abstinence only. And guess what? Burley, Idaho has one of the worst teen pregnancy statistics in the nation!
Education about sex does not mean that anyone is going to /have/ sex. When I was 6, my best friend told me that the way babies were made was by rubbing your tummies together. I knew this couldn’t be right, so I asked my parents and they told me the truth…and then I went back to playing outside! Since when did one of life’s primary functions become some big secret? It’s not the big deal all of you are making it out to be!
Stop blaming liberals for everything, you ignorant jerks. In case you weren’t aware, the liberals of the world were the ones who wanted to free the slaves and the conservatives wanted to keep them. Hmmm…
And to those of you who are all nostalgic for the days when no one talking about sex at all, you disgust me. Until Kinsey, even college students didn’t know about sex, especially women. Lack of knowledge about sex impacts women all over the globe in a terribly negative and harmful way. It says alot about our country if we can’t even stomach telling our children the facts of life.

Education about appropriate touching might be good for those kids who learn about sex because their daddy likes to touch them inappropriately. Don’t you know that kids right now are being abused?? What about them? Wouldn’t it be nice if they knew it was wrong and told a teacher?? Maybe your kids are fine learning about sex from you. But your hysterics aren’t protecting those kids whose parents DON’T teach them and who are being abused right now. It’s not fair to them to keep them in the dark. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not for Sex-Ed in general for kids that young, but teaching them about inappropriate touching (and ONLY teaching them about that – please – they don’t need to know any more) is necessary to protect them.

sex in kindergarten? these people must be stupid! i taught my child about sex when she was 14…if they here about every detail, they might want to
“try it out”…..

You people are nuts. Sex doesn’t mean teaching positions. Age appropriate means talking about healthy relationships, how to be a good friend, if anyone touches your “junk” tell someone you trust. You say the word sex and the christian police get all up in your grill. Sheesh!

C’mon. You don’t need a whole SEX ED curriculum to tell children:
a)Babies come from mommy’s tummies
b)Nobody should ever touch your private parts.
That doesn’t require SEX ED. HELLO. Half of Kinergartners are still learning to TIE THEIR SHOES. Let parents deal with any issues remotely related to sex until puberty at least. For crying out loud.

Some poeple care and some dont. I am ultra liberal and for some reason people think that it is a liberal thing to teach 5 yr olds about sex, no it is not! I dont think 5 and 6 yr old kids should be told about sex. Let them be kids while they can, let them run, jump, and get hurt if the subject comes up early then talk to them. Unless these kids can do college work I dont think they need to focus on sex of all things. Even if it is “age apporiate”

I’m very offended at some of the comments on this website. I am part of the generation of today and you act like we’re all crazed monsters, getting pregnant by numerous partners. It’s sad to think that you’re so close-minded. You’re supposed to be who this generation looks up to for guidance and a good example, yet your comments are rude and stereotypical. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion; how about you say it without being mean?
I support Barack Obama’s decision on this matter. When he calls this “sex ed.,” he doesn’t mean that he supports teaching children about the act of sex, but about inappropriate touching and matters such as those. Also, parents are becoming increasingly less likely to educate their children on any type of sexual matter. I give credit to the parents who have posted on this website saying they would like to educate their own children about such a sensitive subject; it shows that you care for your children. However, not all parents are like you. They won’t teach their children anything. These kids deserve a chance to learn about sexual topics.
But back to the kindergarten children, they should learn right from wrong when it concerns inappropriate touching =]

Children need to know. PERIOD. Any person, parent or otherwise that thinks it is ok to keep their child in the dark because THEY are uncomfortable believing that their child is a sexual being needs to get out of that frame of mind and FAST. It is better that it is taught at school so that the child is learning with peers. One also has to realize that not every parent is going to give their child a sex talk. If it is taught at school they are all at the same level and if it starts at a young age they will be more open and comfortable with asking questions. They will also feel better about themselves knowing what is going on with their bodies. Basically they need to start learning about things young. You can’t be smart about something if you don’t know about it, and you won’t learn about it if you feel uncomfortable talking or asking questions.
If the child isn’t getting information from you or the school they are getting it elsewhere BELIEVE me.

Sex ed in school is not bad but it is a waste of money!!!!!!!!!
but school is too so why not waste the money!!
Get the county out of debt then use the extra money for school.

privite schools has nothing to do with privites so why sould public schools put the privites public!

i think this guy is stoned

okay obviously people didn’t read the article he didn’t say teach sex education because that would be absurd. Medically correct information like the antomy of their growing bodies in kindergarten and where do babies come from they should be addressed before being questioned.

If Mr. Obama and his wife gave birth to a baby girl they would’ve understand the feeling of parents with their 4 year old been taught of SEX! They have no right with my child. Why don’t just leave our children alone, do something betta, go out there and fight the war of freedom in Iraq!!!! Or find Osama, Mr Obama!! who knows maybe thats ur good partner….

“Let me teach them about sexuality at home. Its my responsibility as a parent, not the state’s.” Sam
Not all parents can teach their kids about sexuality! If parents can teach their kids about sex, why are there so many teens having sexual activity and without protection or birth control?! Hate to break it to you, but not all parents are responsible!

Obama The Moron:
Who does he think he is telling me that he can talk about sex to my baby? My religious beliefs go against this kind of behavior. My babies are now 18 and 16, they are intelligent young ladies, never dated, get straight ‘A’s and were taken out of sex ed every time the public school system pushed it. How about better math and science teachers Obama? If you hadn’t noticed, our country needs that kind of education. Stay out of our personal business, or get out of the business of being half-baked educators! Private schooling here we come!!

O’bamma is nothing short of a fool. I think that the Muslims ruined him. I’ve never heard of a damn thing that this half-wit has said that mekes even a ounce of sence. He needs Leggos for Christmas to play with since this is his “speed.”

Think America should make Karl Rove’s day, and give him Hillary as nominee.

Heh, the world continues to fall. Man, how i miss the past when we had limitations. Life has become what it is because of the continuous exploitation of sex in the media and the mixing of the sexes. No wonder younger people think more about sex these days then they did during my time. The solution is not to teach younger children about sex. Once they learn about it, they will want to know more, share it with their friends, talk about it freely and become more aware of the references made to sex in the media. Therefore my solution would be, segregate genders and stop showing sex in the media. Humans have weaknesses, therefore in some situations they need controlled environments! But I know that would be impossible now when the world is so caught up in this new way of life.

I am a kindergarten teacher in a public school who has used a curriculum called “Talking About Touching”. If we do not educate our children about what kinds of touch are okay and what kinds are inappropriate, more cases of childhood sexual abuse will go undiscovered. Sadly, most children in an environment where such abuse is happening have no idea that it is wrong. In addition, there are instances where children are approached outside the home, or with babysitters or other caregivers, and exposed to inappropriate touch. If we don’t give them the words to use and the means to find a safe adult to tell, we are not doing our jobs. Every home isn’t the dwelling of Ozzie and Harriet, and even in the best of homes, outside influences can get in. YES, I support THIS KIND of curriculum. As with any instructional material, it has to be age appropriate.

Okay first of all, just because someone doesn’t put their hand on their heart for the national anthem doesn’t mean they are wrong. Military don’t put their hand on their heart….
As for education..I agree with Lynnz. Especially after watching a current episode of law and order SVU. so its not real but hey its based on reality! kids explore, and you have to teach them whats right adn whats wrong, and relying on parents to do it isn’t gonna work! so sorry but NOT all parents are there for their kids!

American? Really? Some of the comments are so completely ridiculous. Do we still live in a free society? I have three children and one happens to be in Kindergarten. He knows a baby comes from mommy’s tummy. What he does not know, nor should he at 5 YEARS OLD, is how it got there. This is the job of his mother and his father. While I realize that a portion of American children do not have parents to ask the big questions, it really irritates me that my children should have their innocence stolen because someone else has no daddy, or mommy, or two mommies, or two daddies, or whatever. Sweet Lord, what is happening to this country????

I believe that many people has the purpose of sex education confused. I read that someone said why not give 5 year olds condoms. Come on, give me a break. Many parents dont know where to begin with sex education and sex ed in school would be helpful. Children at this age have not sexual desire and whether you want to believe it or not they are curious at this age. They wonder what these parts of their bodies are for the same way they disscovered what their hands were for at a young age. Sex ed will eliminate myths and exploration as well as teach inappropriateness. Children need as much information as possible to grow. Ignorance is not bliss, it is an accident waiting to happen when it comes to sex. We live in a different world today, too many disease and crimes linked to sex not to inform our children about this

the problem has been around for a while. Parents have depended more on the school systems to teach their children everything, because they do not have the time or inclination. The downfall to this is that us conservative parents who care about what are children are being taught and feel that it is our responsiblity as a parent to teach them about sex and other moral issues are now being faced with a delema and that is why the rate of children being pulled from public schools and are being place in private schools or being home schooled are rising. It is also a known fact that private school and home schooled students score 3 times higher on SATs, ACTs and do not require remedial classes in college like public school students. The liberal and their organizations that control the public school system are brainwashing our children and we are too blind to see it. For some interesting reading, I would recommend that everyone reads: Public Education Against America:The Hidden Agenda by Marlin Maddoux. It is very scary and a rude awakening. Especially, since we have federal courts saying that by placing a your child in public school you give up the right to say what and how they should be taught (reference: United States Courts of Appeals for the ninth circuit Fields v. Palmdale school district; geisser and atwood.)

I agree with someone who posted above…I grew up in America…I am an American Muslim. Our culture is very strict. I actually like that it is strict. I didn’t know what sex was until I was in the sixth grade as well. I actually didn’t know a lot about it until I was in 10th grade. I chose to be ignorant about it. Our culture forbids pre-marital sex, so it was something I never thought about. I can’t even imagine learning about sex in kindergarden??? That is just crossing the line.
I love this country. I am proud to be an American, but this country needs to do something about its morals…seriously. Sometimes too much freedom can be a bad thing.

Just think of how many kids could have been save from years of molestation if they knew and understand what it was? Kids have to hear the truth from us so that they are protected from the lies of the world.
Sheri, Indiana

Why does everyone always have to get so over excited and take everything out of context. One woman was sarcasticaly asking if we’d be giving them condoms..i mean come on, stop over exagerrating. Obama is proposing age appropriate sex education, no one’s saying that they’re going to get a full show of everything and how it works. I think it’s important to give honest answers to children when they ask questions, they’re not interested in the details – they just want an answer to satisfy their curiosity.
And for those people who have said they think parents should educate their children, there is a large percentage of parents who avoid doing this, therefore it is very necessary that schools teach sex education.

Just like Hillary says: It takes a village to raise a child. Yet Hillary does not go nearly far enough, but know Barack will.
Any fool realizes that parents alone are woefully incapable of managing the important task of raising their kids themselves. Most five year old kids have a daily yearning to know all about sex, so they need to be taught by government, despite their parents’ silly old fashioned redneck views.
It’s the right thing to do; The state must get involved in age-appropriate sex education at all levels. Obviously we won’t be handing out condoms in kindergarten; that is just ridiculous. We will wait until kids are at least in third grade for that.
Can parents teach their own kids about sex or anything else? C’mon don’t make me laff. Just look at how most parents have ruined their own lives by foolishly clinging to God, guns and distrust of foreigners.
Obviously the solution here is more government education and higher taxes on the rich to provide more government investment in our future. Only government can bring hope and change … not only into each adult’s life but also into their children’s lives.
This is why I am voting for Barack Obama, who is extremely wise, very patriotic, and deeply religious, just like his lifelong pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
Only Barack can offer America change, hope, and … did I say change
Yes we can … yes we can … yes we can …
/barf

Wow…Just Wow Obama…Teacher Of Kindergarten: “Kids, Today We’re Going To Talk About Sex.” Kids:” Umm….Whats That?” -Teacher Brings Around A Condom To Show- Teacher: “Dont Have Sex With Out This.” Kids:”……..Whats Sex…And Whats A Condom….” Im So Against It…

I think it is funny that you guys are adults but you are CALLING NAMES LIKE IN THE SCHOOL YARD, hahaha.
Parents, you think that telling your children at 14 is fine and some of you think not at all is even better. While, 12 and 13 year old think oral sex is appropriate. While, your waiting Jimmy is telling all the girls in six grade it is okay all the girls in eight grade are doing it. Then, you say well my daughter is smarter than that well i think all of them are smart but all of them do not have wise parents that think they need to talk to them about sex. Because i think you are preparing your children for a false sense of the world. What happens when they get to high school and college and you aren’t there. who is going to hold their hands? not you. I see it all the time friends who parents will not tell them and they depend on guys and friends.
at 14 it is to late. When, i was in third grade i had little boys telling me they wanted to hump me. And parents say well my kids tell me everything, not when they think your going to get angry with them or tell them not to talk to the person of the other gender anymore. Keeping us away from it drives us right in to it-it is called REBELLION or sneak around.
Turn on your television and what do you see SEX. And when mommy and daddy are gone little sara and tommy are watching television that is full of sexual content or their daycare buddies think they know something and tell them lies. Children are parrot they do what they see.
I agree children should learn about their own body, they do have a body don’t they?
I think it said that it is 2008 and you all think sex should not be taught in schools. why are we so afriad of sex? when it is all of the radio, television, and conversation of SOME children.

Ok i just want to make it clear for all of u who are like “trying to tell u about how to raise your kids” or “teaching sex to little kids” 1 it would be optinal but at leat u would have the option, and 2 it would not be about sex, excatly just about “bad touching” etc. etc. if u actually read the article then u will get it

This is why starting before puberty is important:
“Sex education that works starts early, before young people reach puberty, and before they have developed established patterns of behaviour.15 16 17 The precise age at which information should be provided depends on the physical, emotional and intellectual development of the young people as well as their level of understanding. What is covered and also how, depends on who is providing the sex education, when they are providing it, and in what context, as well as what the individual young person wants to know about. ”
Source: http://www.avert.org/sexedu.htm

It’s obvious the people who oppose sex education in school know nothing about the world or seem to think they live in a bubble. Children do not choose their parents, their school, nor their neighborhood and influences. While someone might do a good job talking to their kids, others won’t for a number of reasons. This would ensure all kids get the right messages because in the end these kids are all together and wouldn’t you rather know that your child and his peers know all the age-appropriate facts and/or warnings.

This is beyond disgusting, babies do not need to know about sex, if obama is for this, I can only imagine what can be in store for our future to come if Obama is elected, next thing you know he will be in support of free abortions for 6 year old and passing condoms out to 3 year olds, God forbid we let these children keep their innocence.

Kindergarteners DO learn about sex AT HOME from their TV — much more than has ever or ever will come from a public school teacher. So all of you who are concerned about this, FIRST turn off your TV for all your children — THEN come back in a few years and express your concern about age appropriate sex education in the schools.

Teddy Davis and Lindsay Ellerson need to go back to kindergarten themselves along with every moron who thinks that Obama advocates sex ed in kindergarten. He sponsored a bill to require K-12 sex ed classes to include information about disease prevention. K-12 defines the sort of schools covered, not the grades that offer sex ed. He was ridiculing Keyes for making this same absurd leap in his comments before Planned Parenthood.

YES — Sex education for 4 and 5 years old!!! Have you ever heard of pedophiles? Do you think it might help those young children to know about “inappropriate touching” and that they should go to a trusted adult and report it. Grow up, folks.

Most of these comments come from the typical American – one who is a poor reader, unable to grasp complex concepts and responds with knee-jerk reactionary comments. If to be liberal means to be able to read and comprehend complex concepts, appreciate the complexity and make a discerning judgment, count me among the most liberal of all. Guys, Obama is advocating two things. One, to enable teachers, with whom kindergartners spend hours each day, to respond to their questions with honest, but age-appropriate answers (just like any parent would hopefully do) and two, to help educate kindergartners on how to protect themselves against pedophiles. How anyone has a problem with this is beyond me. And the fact that so many do means it’s probably time to move to Europe.

Someone please explain to me why the McCain camp has chosen to defend sexual predators, that “inappropriate touching” of our kids is an acceptable family value.

SarahPalin – Child Abuser?
Court documents show that Judge Suddock was disturbed by the alleged attacks by Palin and her family members on Wooten’s behavior and character. “Disparaging will not be tolerated—it is a form of child abuse,” the judge told a settlement hearing in October 2005, according to typed notes of the proceedings. The judge added: “Relatives cannot disparage either. If occurs [sic] the parent needs to set boundaries for their relatives.”
“It is the mother’s [Hackett's] responsibility to set boundaries for her relatives and insure [sic] they respect them, and the disparagement by either parent, or their surrogates is emotional child abuse,” Judge Suddock wrote….

[if one cannot come up with details of the proposed "age appropriate" sex education for kindergartners..then it becomes difficult to decide which side of the fence to be on.]
Obama supported something like this, from an Oregon law:
A. Grades K-3:
1. Good touch, bad touch
2. Understanding body parts, proper anatomical names, stages in basic
growth process
3. Communicable/non-communicable diseases, the concept
4. Behaviors that reduce the spread of communicable diseases (washing
hands, not sharing eating utensils, using Kleenex)
5. Accepting of their uniqueness and a positive regard for themselves and
others
6. Recognize risk behaviors (sharing body fluids) and methods of prevention
7. Unsafe objects (needles, broken glass, drug paraphernalia)
8. Refusal skills, role playing
9. Personal hygiene
10. Emotional development

Obama = government! Sex education & values should come from home & parents for young kids. This socialist wants control of our youth (similar of Hitler)with his youth camps, it’s called indoctrination.

This ABC news story is the worst kind of journalism–leaving out vital information and clarification, to paint a far less than accurate picture of the subject’s true stance on the issue. A little research would turn up the fact that the bill being referred to had a provision concerning teaching kindergarten age kids the difference between “good touch” and “bad touch,” to protect them from sexual predators. It had nothing to do with teaching little kids where babies come from or the how-tos of sex. ABC should be ashamed of this blatantly partisan piece of yellow journalism.

Teaching 5 year olds about inappropriate touching is not only age-appropriate – it would be criminal NOT to teach them. John McCain has redefined the word “snake.”

Kindergardens should be taught about sex and having sex and where babies come from. It might scare them, but they need it and our schools (I am a teacher) should be free to decide what is right or wrong. The parents are doing a poor job, and thus teaching about condoms and other such measures, even to kindergardens, helps to prepare them for the real world, not the “Brady Bunch” world that McCain and the Christians live in.

I’m an independant, not a republican or democrat. On the one hand I agree with his statement that kids need to be aware of such things; but in school? When I have children I will not allow the SCHOOL to teach something that I should be teaching in the HOME. It isn’t proper. School is to teach health, it is to teach math, english, science, give them an opportunity to learn an instrument, draw, act and many other programs that should be taught by an educator. But sex education should really be taught in our homes. Are we really this incompitent as a nation that we need to give up our personal rights and responsiblities as parents to a public system that frankly we have less and less control of every year?

This entire conversation is ridiculous. Offering age-appropriate, accurate information to five-year-old children is entirely legitimate. It involves telling them that if somebody touches them in certain places, it is not OK and they should tell someone else. Given that most cases of child sexual abuse are perpetrated by members of a child’s own family or family friends, leaving the responsibility for this discussion up to parents and guardians is irresponsible. Public education is a fundamental right of all citizens, and it should include information on how to protect yourself, especially if you’re only in kindergarten. You all seem to think that teaching children about this is going to take away from valuable classroom time for learning reading and math, but this is a subject that would not likely take more than one hour from an entire year of school, and could potentially help thousands of students who are molested, then left feeling isolated and confused because they don’t understand what’s going on and because they either think they’re the only person who goes through this or think that it’s normal. PLEASE educate the children whose parents can’t be bothered, or who think that their children are “too young” to learn about those things, because awful things happen in places where no one wants to talk about them.

The John McCain attack ad purporting that Barack Obama advocate age-appropriate and science-based sex education in schools has again exposed the general lack of understanding that the public has about sex education. Most of the negative comments about Obama on internet blogs seem to make the assumption that the intention of age-appropriate and science-based sex education is to teach very young children about intercourse and other adult sexual activities. That is not what Obama meant and it is not something that young children even have the capacity to grasp.
What Obama was talking about was warning young children about sexual predators and explaining concepts like “good touch and bad touch.” A specific example would be teaching young children that it is inappropriate to touch ANYONE else without their permission, including other children. This is a very important lesson and one that should be reinforced by teaching the children how to comfortably say “NO” when they are asked and do not wish to be physically touched in any way. In addition to the problem of sexual predators, children can be very disrespectful to other children and their early experiences, particularly in the public schools, often leave scars that last a lifetime.
Other industrialized countries that teach age-appropriate and science-based sex education in the public schools have much lower rates of unwanted teenage pregnancy, abortion and STDs. Also, many studies have shown that the more age-appropriate and science-based sex education a person has, ,on average, the longer they will delay the age of initial intercourse.
It is vital that we all understand the issues involved with this discussion (the very safety of very young as well as older children) and how important they are to all of us, our society and, especially our children.
—-
Gary Schubach, Ed.D., A.C.S.
http://www.DoctorG.com

It’s important, here, to understand what “abstinence only education” means. Under the current situation in many schools, they could, techinically, lose funding if they answered the “where do babies come from” question. I think the concept of “age appropriate” sex education in this case is just removing that troubling restriction.
Also the “good thing” decree was, I think, taken a bit out of context. Obama was talking about a particular criticism (“I’ve been accused of supporting sex education for kindergarteners”) and then went on to say that age appropriate sex education was a good thing… presumably meaning for young people in general, not kindergarteners specifically…

It is pretty obvious that most of these posts were written by the same person. Its too bad we can’t have a rational debate about this topic without someone hijacking the comment system.

another reason to ban public schools altogether. Let the parents pick a curriculum and a computer and teach them either at home or hire someone who is like-minded – what a concept!!! Do away with pubic education (pun intended). All they do is ask for more money and give it to the administrators not the kids.

First of all,”Christian Mom”,Let’s not put God back into schools,there are people of many different faiths in this country. It is no longer just the freedom to be Catholic or Protestant. Send your child to a faith-based school if that’s how you want your child to be taught.
It is obvious on so many blog entries that people are just ready to jump all over Obama without knowing the true,or whole,story.
Parents could totally opt out,or for parents wanting the kindergarten to teach the children,they would provide teaching those children “inappropriate touching” to protect them from child-predators. Probably in the form of some lame children’s book on the subject.

ABC News should be ashamed of themselves for leading this story with that nonsense.
I urge everyone to at least watch the accompanying video… you can see for yourself how idiotic the ABC staffers are.
It seems they are trying to capture the FauxNews demographic…. intellectually lazy, hateful people begging to be lead.
I will never have anything to do with ABC news EVER again.

Are you people crazy? Obama voted for a program to protect kids from child molestors and pedophiles by teaching them the difference between inappropriate and appropriate touching. That program was part of a larger bill on sex education.
How can you be opposed to that? Personally I’m a fan of any father that wants to protect his daughters by any means necessary, including legislation. Are Republicans in favor of pedophiles?

so most of you guys on here are basically saying that you think its bad for kids to learn how to say no to sexual predators?
If guess if you had a kid get molested by somebody and they didnt know how to say no and they didnt tell you then you would think different about this.
They have already said on the news yesterday that Obama said that the age appropriate level of teaching kindergarten kids about sexual education would be how to say no to sexual predators.
Start getting you information from more than one source before you jump to conclusions and start telling people the wrong thing.

I read the Illinois bill in question (SB99) and saw the following under section 27-9.1(a): “Each class or course in comprehensive sex education offered in any of grades K through 12 shall include instruction on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections, including the prevention, transmission and spread of HIV.”
This seems to say that kindergarteners will be taught about STDs and, therefore, penetration.
Is that age appropriate?

I just heard of this proposal today. As a mother of a child in kindergaten,I personally support “age appropriate” sex education to kindergarten students.What Obama is proposing is not explicit sex ed. In know way should a young child be taught about orgasim, birth control, oral sex and so on, but the reality of the world today is that a fairly large number of children are molested and sexually abused. Like Obama said, they should be taught about inappropriate touching. I have had this discussion with my five year old, but some parents do not feel confident or comfortable in doing this. All children should be aware so that if someone does try to take advantage of them in this way, they will not feel ashamed or scared to speak up. Read historical reports of children who were sexually abused, most were all afraid to speak up for fear that they had done something to provoke the abuse. Years ago, sexual abuse on children was hushed, children made to stay in the same homes, schools and churches etc. as their predators. As much as society would like to pretend that our young babies should know nothing about sex, the reality is they must have some knowledge because there are pedophiles out there who pray on their innocence.

face palm to all of you. GET IGNORANT.

the sad reality is that there are a significant amount of kids who get sexually abused at young ages-and yes, even when they’re 5 or 6. I personally have known a few. One of the most difficult aspects of the trauma is the level of denial and lack of communication within the family.
Though that’s a terrible worst case scenario, in general, even for normal upbringings, the reality is that many families find it to be a tough subject to handle. My parents never said one word about sex–I learned a lot in junior high health class and, yes, no joke, from pornos.
Some of you well-intentioned folks out there are blowing this way out of proportion- it’s not like such a program takes the place of learning the alphabet. My junior high sex ed in health class was in public school, and it took a week or so if very informative, biological information of the reproductive system, as well as how to put on a condom. It still took me 4 years after that to get enough nerve to even have a girlfriend. Everyone just relax and realize it’s just McCain’s and Carl Rove’s alarmist tactics to deflect the fact they wanna give themselves a tax break, one which, after 6 years, has coincided with a slumping economy.

I was molested, very briefly, by a friend of a family friend when I was 6. We were on a family outing to his farm following the death of my grandfather. Had I been told of ‘inappropriate touching’, I might not have waited two years to tell my mother.

That make sense….. let’s have our unionized teachers butt in on the wonders of childhood and clumsily lay-out the basics of human sexuality to kindergartners…..Why don’t we also go ahead and give them an age appropriate class on “Understanding the Nature of Evil”?

This is nothing new for the democrats Barry got his idea from Jocelyn Elders (Clinton’s Surgeon General) who advocated masterbation be taught in schools and was fired. Barry must have learned well.

Oh and by the way, the answer to the question “what if a five year old acid teacher where babies come from?” is “That is a question for home. Ask your mommy or daddy.” May be they should include, “School is to teach you how to read and write and function with other people.” Oh no, that’s something every five year old knows. Perhaps it’s the politicians that need reminding…

It is alleged by the Messiah that Senator McCain may not know the intricacies of the internet, but boy how easy it becomes to find his lies and deception through the internet. He must wish his Pal Gore never invented the internet.
I wonder if those two girls are his or Jesse Jackson’s? Michelle used to baby sit Jackson’s kids :)
CNN = the Crooked kNeeger’s Network

Of course I don’t advocate explicit, teenage-appropriate sex education for kindergartners, but I believe some type of education is appropriate, given the obviously escalating problem in this country of child pornography and pedophilia. Children need to be taught about male and female body parts, using the correct anatomical terms so as to add seriousness to the subject, and they need to be taught the difference between “good and bad touches”. There is nothing wrong with kindergartners knowing that babies come from their mother’s bodies, rather than from a stork, and are the result of the love between their parents. There is also nothing wrong with their knowing that all members of the animal, bird and fish kingdoms are made up of males and females, and that sex is God’s (or nature’s) way of continuing all species and that sex and our bodies are to be respected.

Why do we need the goverment to tell us when to teach our kids about sex. What’s next are they going to take our children away if we don’t teach them to read soon enough. HEY Barack, I don’t need your help with this. My Wife and I will take care of it. Move on to something that I can’t control like gas prices or the god awful economy!

Am i the only one who thinks that knowledge is power in this situation?
I think the adolescent who has been encouraged to think about seriously and realistically about sex from an early age would be more able to understand his/herself when the hormones kick in.
If a parent can teach his/her children to understand the potential impact of sex on their child and their child’s potential partners, great. They can opt out of this education. But some children aren’t so lucky, and they deserve access to the information necessary to make good choices.

This subject should be handled by the parents not by the teacher, period. What human being do you know that can be completely neutral when it comes to any subject? What person do you know that is completely capable of discussing these types of topics, sex, religion, creation, abortion or politics without adding their own beliefs no matter how small? The answer is “NONE”, not one, not even ourselves! So unless you want other people, who may not agree with your views or beliefs, teaching your children about these extremely important values and promoting their beliefs in the process, you better demand that they leave these issues to us parents. Now if they want to share their feelings about Math, English, Reading, Shop, Gym, and maybe a couple other neutral subjects then by all means go ahead, but the moral, ethical and sacred ones they need to leave alone.

Tamara what an awesome comment!!! I think this sex ed is something that should be discussed at home. Tell the children to ask their parents. I am was sexually abused as a child, I am healed from that horrible terror. I have spoken to all my children about “good touch, bad touch and caution” It is MY responsibility as a parent to protect my children from the SICK people who are out there or near our family. MY RESPONSIBILITY not their teachers. I would NOT want one of my children’s teachers discussing that intimate information with my children period.

I am an undergraduate college student so this isn’t THAT far in my past yet. When I was in Kindergarden, we did talk about things like not talking to strangers and that if you felt uncomfortable with how someone was touching you to talk to an adult. Kindergardeners know what private parts are and how they shouldn’t be touched, but I don’t think they should be told anything more than that. A scientific explanation of the differences between boys and girls should definitely be left for later on, and it is this science-based explanation that I believe Obama is implying. I got the anatomical explanation at school in 5th grade and that was just fine. Then I went to a Catholic school with no sex-ed and had parents who didn’t talk about sex AT ALL and I still went to college with just as much pertinent sex knowledge as my public school sex-ed-ed friends. I know that condoms are important AND that the only sure-fire way to not get pregnant is to not have sex. Kids aren’t stupid. They find things out from each other and television and the media, all of which are more than happy to tell our kids (mine being future) about sex. I think we really need to ask ourselves, how early do we want our kids thinking about sex? Isn’t that going to make them a little too curious earlier?

Let’s be specific: the guidelines of the legislation (in the event anyone bothered to read them) cover topics such as masturbation, homosexuality, and sexually transmitted diseases. The guidelines go into great depth about “private parts” only to mention in passing when it is appropriate for others to touch them.
If in the next few years nap time looks like a Roman orgy, you’ll know why.

If you don’t think humans are sexual beings from the time we are born, then you are either naive or worse… the puritanical ass-backward belief that contributes to USA’s thriving porn industry. Don’t talk about it! Don’t teach it! Kids don’t need to know this! Keep it all under wraps so that it festers and comes out all f***d up!
The proper term is sexuality education and sexuality is so much more than sex. Debra Haffner, an amazing woman, minister, and certified expert on all things sexual, has written some great books about how to start teaching your children about sexuality from the time they are born in AGE-APPROPRIATE ways! Look up that phrase if you don’t know what it means.
Leaving it to parents will not always work as several here have pointed out. What if your parents are MIA? Or worse, what if one of your parents has molested you and then you perpetuate the behavior on someone else?
A friend of mine recently encountered a situation with her four year old son in which he told her at bedtime recently that two older boys in his preschool class pulled down his pants and touched him and then wanted him to do the same to them. Because this friend has had many AGE APPROPRIATE conversations with her son about his private parts being his private parts and nobody should touch them, he TOLD HIS MOTHER THAT NIGHT and she comforted and reassured him that he did nothing wrong (victim guilt is so prevalent in these situations) and took action with the school. I wonder if the other boys parents think, Oh kids don’t need to know this stuff!
Learn the statistics about how many children will be molested by the time they reach 18, and if you want to know why, all you have to do is read the ignorance throughout these postings.
Mom of two responsible teens

Here, have some clarity straight from the horses mouth, so to speak.
“We have a existing law that mandates sex education in the schools. We want to make sure that it’s medically accurate and age-appropriate.
Now, I’ll give you an example, because I have a six-year-old daughter and a three-year-old daughter, and one of the things my wife and I talked to our daughter about is the possibility of somebody touching them inappropriately, and what that might mean.
And that was included specifically in the law, so that kindergarteners are able to exercise some possible protection against abuse, because I have family members as well as friends who suffered abuse at that age. So, that’s the kind of stuff that I was talking about in that piece of legislation.”

this is just crazy

Do you people understand the words “age-appropriate”? How about “opt-out”?
The ‘word of God’ has no place in school. Read the Constitution, remember one of the main beliefs this country was founded on. Religious freedom. If you don’t like it, you can leave this country.
Frankly, they should teach every (or at least the most common ones) religion in school, along with a purely scientific part. It’s all just theory anyway, teach it all and let kids decide for themselves. It would make them more adjusted and give them more freedom. Otherwise, religion has no place in school.
Back on topic, this is a great idea. ‘Sam’ said it best, “Babies come from mommy’s tummy” will satisfy any five-year-olds curiosity.

and this man won the election. so much for our morals and values, but hey! maybe money issues will improve!! go america!!!
u voted for him, not me.

My bad, sorry Just, I meant Blu and was reading your message at the same time.

One thing I can say is this shocks me. How can sex education for such kids can be such a good idea. No, I’m not saying sex education is not good but at that age, NO kid is ready for information such as this. It’s not a simple subject, but quite complex and maybe even emotional. It requires older children with more maturity and understanding. It’s as simple as that. It would be too much of a shock for them. Their minds are not ready for that.
Lastly, I’m not too impressed w/ our President at the moment, and not just for this reason.

are you kidding me? young sex education should be explained and taught be the parent of that child(ren). Sex education in school it should be taught in high school not kindergarten. That is just crazy. Yeah okay you in form children about it, did you ever think that they will still go out and have sex no matter how early you tell them and inform them of sex. Age 5 is to young. Just for that I am home schooling my children. I no longer trust schools or the government. I don’t want my children learning about sex from a teacher that is still a stranger in many ways. Its just not right for children to be taught something like that so young and not by there parent. i think the parent should have a choice when there child(ren) is taught sex in school. do us parents/guardians have a say anymore?