I suspect I may have written about this before (yeah, I make periodic attempts to label my posts but don\u2019t have enough follow-through), but this is my pet theory on sex ed: <\/p>\n
Right now, as far as I can tell, there are two schools of thought: either you tell kids not to have sex, and give them all the reasons why and try to equip them with no-saying skills; or you give them a menu of choices: abstainence or \u201csafe sex\u201d with contraceptives, and accompany that will drills on contraceptive use. <\/p>\n
But can\u2019t we teach this in the context of a family life\/life skills class? We teach students how to balance a checkbook, how a credit card works, what credit ratings mean, how to budget, etc. \u2014 even though we don\u2019t expect high school students to use those skills until they truly reach adulthood. <\/p>\n
Can we take a similar approach to contraception, something like this: <\/p>\n
When you reach adulthood and you get married, you might not want to have children right away. Here are some ways you can reduce the likelihood of getting pregnant. . . there are pros and cons to each, and your choice will also depend on how important it is to avoid pregnancy at different times in your life. <\/p>\n
I know, that sounds dorky. But I am a dork, and maybe some dorkiness helps us get past old arguments. And maybe it fits in with a unit on healthy families to boot.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I suspect I may have written about this before (yeah, I make periodic attempts to label my posts but don\u2019t have enough follow-through), but this is my pet theory on sex ed: Right now, as far as I can tell, there are two schools of thought: either you tell kids not to have sex, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n