Sex Ed. in middle school?, what's the right time to know Options

[jEllyBeaNs]

well i learned about sex education in middle school, but it wasn't like the high school version. in high school there is more information shown and taught. but should sex ed. be shown throughout middle school or even elementary school? i say that it should be shown through middle school because most kids in high school have already had sex or are pregnant, so whats the point of starting sex ed in high school, when some students have already been through things dealing with sex. this one girl in my sex ed. class was like "i wish i knew about sex before", because her parents never actually told her about sex. they told her about it when she got into high school. i just think that sex ed., should be taught to studnets before they get to high school.

[yummy_delight]

^ As it should be.

Even if kids don't exactly grasp the concept of sex, they should be aware of it and the fact that it results in children. I know a girl who didn't have sex ed at all and got pregnant at 13 She had absolutely no clue how it happened. It wasn't until after she went to the doctor that someone explained sex and its consequences to her. All she knew before her pregnancy was that sex felt good. Obviously if she had recieved sex ed before, she would have known about the consequences and would either have abstained or made her boyfriend put on a condom.

Ergo, I agree sex ed should be taught in middle school. The sooner they know, the better.