Re: Whose responsibility is it?
Having been a high school teacher for 40 years, I also believe it should be both parents and schools but one thing the public needs to remember is that schools can only do so much if they are still to have enough time to teach the curriculum.Re: Whose responsibility is it?
Re: Whose responsibility is it?
Re: Whose responsibility is it?
Before I started secondary school, an all girls Ladies College, mothers were asked to explain to their daughters about periods and the facts of life in general. My mother, who could gave got into the Guinness book of Records for prudery, nearly died at the thought, and didn't explain it properly at all. She told me to tell my three younger sisters about periods etc, which really wasn't on.Re: Whose responsibility is it?
My children had a book called the 'Book of knowledge' it covered everything from space travel and dinosaurs to human reproduction.Re: Whose responsibility is it?
Re: Whose responsibility is it?
If sex wasn't treated as a dirty subject and parents were open with their children, from when they were toddlers who asked questions, children would know and understand these things long before it happened.
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