The proposal to teach children as young as five about sex education is quite an interesting one. Children can understand concepts at a very early age and this proposal will at least remove parents from having to kid the kids that babies come from mom's bellybutton. This way we avoid further deceit and trickery (it reminds me of the ever larger hole Basil Fawlty digs for himself when avoiding issues). While we are at it, maybe we should consider weaning them off some of the other fairytale rubbish we fill their heads with. Wouldn't life start making sense?
What of a true depiction of History? The world in which we live has much to offer through a true study of its development. It wouldn't take a child long to fathom that life on earth has evolved over millenia and not six days and one at rest (if god had put the effort in on sunday then maybe humanity wouldn't be stumbling along - he'd maybe even qualify for double time. Puh-lease).
What of Science or the study of Nature? Not some cutesy fluffy-bunny version but one that shows children that nature is not designed; rather that it adapts to it's environment and not always in what we would call a pleasant manner.
Of course the motivations behind under 5 sex education lie elsewhere but, as per usual, it could prove to be a bungled affair. Is it to combat the high rate of teenage pregnancies that are considered to be problematic or to encourage indigenous population growth? I hardly think the latter, not at five anyway.
Of course there are some that will cry outrage at such a proposal but it is a discussion worth having.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment