Majority backs sex education
By the Helena IR - 03/05/07
Last week’s Question of the Week asked whether readers favor a bill requiring comprehensive sex education in Montana schools. A majority did.
Among 538 responses to this unscientific survey, 302 approved of sex education and 236 did not.
Some readers’ comments:
- According to statistics, Montana educators are having difficulty teaching the three Rs, and more money put into the system hasn’t alleviated those deficiencies. “Sex ed” is parents’ homework!
- Yes, of course. That’s a no-brainer. Providing sex education is not the same as giving license to become sexually active. In fact, it counters the irresponsible behavior promoted in TV shows and movies. I prefer to raise my children with full knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases, how to use birth control, and the consequences and responsibilities of having a baby, rather than allowing them to blindly stumble forward with unacknowledged hormones and a silly, unrealistic “promise” of abstinence until marriage. I’ll do my part to educate them in my home, and hope that our school system will be allowed to do their part in the classroom.
- I say an emphatic No. Students do not need a “how to” course about sex. They know plenty about sex — too much! You don’t make parents more responsible by taking their responsibility away from them. - I say yes, by all means. Down here (Salt Lake City) they don’t have it. In fact, they tell the parents not to discuss it with their kids at all. The schools only teach abstinence. The kids here don’t have a clue. Teenage pregnancy is on the rise. We have to educate our kids. If the parents can’t do it for some reason, then it will have to be done in the classroom. I have seen what keeping kids in the dark does. It’s up to adults to teach the kids about life.
- Involving the schools immediately infringes on some people’s religious principles. While some people may not care, other people do care and oppose such teaching. What about privacy? Parents have the right to teach their children about this matter and schools should respect parental control.
- Yes. Let’s stop pretending that kids are not having sex.
Among 538 responses to this unscientific survey, 302 approved of sex education and 236 did not.
Some readers’ comments:
- According to statistics, Montana educators are having difficulty teaching the three Rs, and more money put into the system hasn’t alleviated those deficiencies. “Sex ed” is parents’ homework!
- Yes, of course. That’s a no-brainer. Providing sex education is not the same as giving license to become sexually active. In fact, it counters the irresponsible behavior promoted in TV shows and movies. I prefer to raise my children with full knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases, how to use birth control, and the consequences and responsibilities of having a baby, rather than allowing them to blindly stumble forward with unacknowledged hormones and a silly, unrealistic “promise” of abstinence until marriage. I’ll do my part to educate them in my home, and hope that our school system will be allowed to do their part in the classroom.
- I say an emphatic No. Students do not need a “how to” course about sex. They know plenty about sex — too much! You don’t make parents more responsible by taking their responsibility away from them. - I say yes, by all means. Down here (Salt Lake City) they don’t have it. In fact, they tell the parents not to discuss it with their kids at all. The schools only teach abstinence. The kids here don’t have a clue. Teenage pregnancy is on the rise. We have to educate our kids. If the parents can’t do it for some reason, then it will have to be done in the classroom. I have seen what keeping kids in the dark does. It’s up to adults to teach the kids about life.
- Involving the schools immediately infringes on some people’s religious principles. While some people may not care, other people do care and oppose such teaching. What about privacy? Parents have the right to teach their children about this matter and schools should respect parental control.
- Yes. Let’s stop pretending that kids are not having sex.
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