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In the past few years, sex education has evolved more efficiently in our school system. But many feel the opposite about its effectiveness. Many parents believe it has become a doorway allowing many questions to surface and curiosity breeds. Some people think approaching sex education in high schools as a safety protocol and giving it a scientific approach to it will be effective. Many parents become upset because sex at youth goes against many of their beliefs. Many parents believe if you speak more about sex openly, then teens feel more comfortable having sex at a young age. Coon, D., Mitterer, J.O., & Martini, T. (2022) State that in most people’s lives intimate sexual relationships are important. No matter someone’s sexual orientation, gender, sex, or age.
Schools intended to give knowledge on sex education, discussed often occur in middle school and high schools when youth experience many changes in their bodies and deal with hormones, which can affect teens’ feelings and emotions during this time. Sex education helps give youth the knowledge and skills for practicing good sexual health for a lifetime. For some youth, this is their first knowledge of sexual information. Sex Education is known to help teens to make informed decisions about sex, information on STDs, and healthy relationships. While also teaching them self-love and respect. Schools should be responsible for these topics to help spread awareness in a non-biased way, allowing teens to have an open discussion amongst their peers and receive answers to questions they may have.
Parents also play a large part in sex education, helping to set a supportive tone for discussion of sexual-related issues. When a household is allowed to have an open dialog between children and their parents, this can encourage them to discuss further in a home setting what they have learned in school, giving them a chance to have positive sexual health in the future. Often, this is where most conversations about religious beliefs, family ethics, and sociological factors tend to form. Some households allow an open dialogue with these types of topics. Others tend to feel that the “out of sight” rule would work better for their household in the hope that it will steer their teens from sexual desires. This is when no discussion is done on the topic of sex and if their child isn’t faced with it, they believe it won’t be an issue. Some households tend to think this discussion isn’t needed. Those teens will learn as they go instead. Susan R. Tortolero (2011). States that 93% of parents support school-based sex education and 80% believe it should start as early as middle school. I think those parents that support sex education in schools are open to discussing with their kids the topic of sex ED and feel that this can help give a supportive base to have this conversation.
Just as important as it is to speak on sex education and all it involves; you can forget to handle the topic of Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as it’s such an important discussion in sex Ed. STDs are infections that are easily passed along from one person to another during sexual contact. Coon, D, Mitterer J.O., & Martini, T. (2022). (Centers for Disease Control, 2016f). States that Over 1.9 million new cases of STDs such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in the United States in 2015 alone. Giving youth the information, they need to know about sexually transmitted diseases can help them understand the rise of unprotected sex and the responsibilities that come along with being sexually active at any age. People underestimate the rise that they face with STDs since many people can be asymptomatic. Many STDs can cause life-long issues. Some can also be deadly, such as HIV disabling a person’s immunity, and chlamydia which can affect sexual organs over time.
Education surrounding STDs I believe should be a partnership in conversation both schools and parents should have with teens. Schools tend to give informative information on the topic of STDs leading the way for the more conservative and scientific factors of the discussion to be given. While also discussing protection options while being sexual. Parents can lead the conversation by discussing their personal views on protection and sexual disease that they can face without it. Some families are strongly with practicing absence, either for age-appropriate reasons, religious beliefs, and other factors. Whatever the reasons or sexual protection chosen. In my opinion, I feel that if a teen is given all options and can view many different outcomes of possible sexual experiences, it can truly help them with their choices in their sexual journey. I always feel more knowledge is power in any scenario.
At the end of the day, our teens and young adults have a wide range of sexual education information at their fingertips. If parents and schools can make a comfortable dialogue for our youth to ask questions and discuss we can help bring awareness to STDs, teen pregnancies, and other issues that surround sexual education.
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