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 Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:37 am
I dont know, when I was in 4th or 5th grade we got the dreaded "pancake video". Basically the boys got to go outside and play foot ball and we learned about what a period was. But I think that's too young for actual sex ed. Maybe its becase I'm a bit old fashioned but it seems a bit much. We got it in early middle school (7th grade usually) and that seems more rational to me. Although if girls are getting pregnant at a younger and younger age, then obviously they're having sex at younger adn younger ages... so maybe sex ed should be given at a younger age... I dunno. I dont think that 9 and 10 year olds would be mature enough to handle it. It's hard enough with 12 year olds.
Edit: Additional thought, does anyone think that maybe menstruating at a younger age makes girls more interested in sex at a younger age? I mean, biologically your body is getting ready to make babies, does that influence your pre-teen sex drive? (I dont know if this is the case or not, but it would be an interesting thing to research)
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:43 am
._. I got my period on my 13th birthday. WORST PRESENT EVAR. >> But it IS fortunate that for them, they weren't in the states, where horrible things can happen for dumb reasons.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:31 am
Ten years old?! o_O
Jesus, I didn't know what a v****a was, back then.
I mean, wow.. A ten year old to get pregnant.. That had to be hard.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:46 pm
I actually wonder if maybe it was accidental. The sex, I mean. You know like how three year olds masturbate because it feels good but they don't really know what they're doing? It could have been something like that.
Or the boy heard about it and wanted to try it. I mean, here in the UK, there is three years between when you first hear about what sex is (10/11) and when you learn about birth control (13/14). Which is pretty appalling. Sex ed with the nasty bits left in should be taught to twelve year olds all at once - learn what sex is, that it can lead to unwanted/bad things, and how to protect yourself.
There was an article in the paper recently about doctors being allowed to keep 13 year olds' sex questions and consultations confidential. Some people didn't seem to happy about it, but everyone has a right to privacy.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:37 pm
*shrugs* Maybe it was innocent or accidental. I got my period at eleven, but I knew the basics about sex by then. RoseRose The boy was 13... most of us knew about sex by then... I wonder if he suggested it, and the girl, not knowing any better, consented... Very possible. My great grandma got pregnant on her first date because she didn't know what sex was. My other great grandma thought she was dying when she got her period. So my family has always stressed the importance of sex-ed.... Quote: Or they just have earlier sex ed than the states. It wouldn't even have to be earlier than a year earlier than where I went to elementary school. We had the very basics of sex ed in 5th grade. I was 11, but if I'd have had a later birthday, I'd have learned at 10. If they start in 4th grade... well, she'd learn at the age of 9 or 10. Are you implying that sex ed. will lead kids and teens to start having sex? 'Cause when they taught us about sex in fifth (hygiene, some basics), seventh (more explanation of sex from a biological/anatomical perspective) and tenth (STIs/Contraception/etc.) grades, everyone was mostly just grossed out and didn't want to have sex. Or didn't really care.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:47 pm
Solaris Lunarena ._. I got my period on my 13th birthday. WORST PRESENT EVAR. >> But it IS fortunate that for them, they weren't in the states, where horrible things can happen for dumb reasons. Mine was the day after my eleventh. crying
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:59 pm
PhaedraMcSpiffy *shrugs* Maybe it was innocent or accidental. I got my period at eleven, but I knew the basics about sex by then. RoseRose The boy was 13... most of us knew about sex by then... I wonder if he suggested it, and the girl, not knowing any better, consented... Very possible. My great grandma got pregnant on her first date because she didn't know what sex was. My other great grandma thought she was dying when she got her period. So my family has always stressed the importance of sex-ed.... Quote: Or they just have earlier sex ed than the states. It wouldn't even have to be earlier than a year earlier than where I went to elementary school. We had the very basics of sex ed in 5th grade. I was 11, but if I'd have had a later birthday, I'd have learned at 10. If they start in 4th grade... well, she'd learn at the age of 9 or 10. Are you implying that sex ed. will lead kids and teens to start having sex? 'Cause when they taught us about sex in fifth (hygiene, some basics), seventh (more explanation of sex from a biological/anatomical perspective) and tenth (STIs/Contraception/etc.) grades, everyone was mostly just grossed out and didn't want to have sex. Or didn't really care. Nope. But, everyone was saying that they didn't know what sex was when they were that girl's age... well, maybe that girl did. Or she heard about it from someone else. There's been pregnant 11 year olds in the states who gave birth.
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:02 pm
*nods* Okay. Nevermind, then.
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:42 pm
That must have been quite the shock to them all.
But still, it's so strange to think she'd come home from elementary school and sex some kid up.
Blegh.
Isn't it wrong in itself that a ten year old was even dating? (Or was she?...)
x3 I learned what sex was over the lunch table in kindergarten, much to my mother's dismay.
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:20 am
I now have two things to say: One, why 'pancake video'? o_O
And two, either we never got that video or I missed it. We definitely had a personal hygiene one I missed, so I guess periods could have been included... but I knew what a period was when I was eight, because my then-best friend told everyone I'd started and people kept asking if I had. I was like wtf. And asked my mum, who gave me a pamphlet.
I have to say, though, it's a little ridiculous that the same few people continually asked me for a whole week despite me always saying "started what?" and "I don't even know what a period is!"
Kids are dumb. : P
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:56 am
Lupine Pyrefly Solaris Lunarena ._. I got my period on my 13th birthday. WORST PRESENT EVAR. >> But it IS fortunate that for them, they weren't in the states, where horrible things can happen for dumb reasons. Mine was the day after my eleventh. crying
Wow... I didn't get mine until I was half-way to fifteen. xD
10 years old- amazing. I'm laughing at the age difference between her and her kid when she's twenty. But, I have to wonder how her body supported that...
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:59 am
Seeing the Kraken I now have two things to say: One, why 'pancake video'? o_O And two, either we never got that video or I missed it. We definitely had a personal hygiene one I missed, so I guess periods could have been included... but I knew what a period was when I was eight, because my then-best friend told everyone I'd started and people kept asking if I had. I was like wtf. And asked my mum, who gave me a pamphlet. I have to say, though, it's a little ridiculous that the same few people continually asked me for a whole week despite me always saying "started what?" and "I don't even know what a period is!" Kids are dumb. : P The "pancake video" was a video where a bunch of girls were sleeping over at a friend's house. One of them got her period and freaked out. Luckily the mother of the girl having the party was a school nurse! So she explained all about pads and tampons, and for breakfast she made pancakes in the shape of a uterus, phalopean (sp?) tubes and ovaries to explain female anatomy. she even measured out the amount of batter that = one months worth of period. Basically after seen that i didnt eat pancakes for a year
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:37 pm
First of all: Uterus pancakes sound really cool.
Second: 1/2 a cup to a cup, right?
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:39 pm
PhaedraMcSpiffy First of all: Uterus pancakes sound really cool. Second: 1/2 a cup to a cup, right? Of course, it FEELS like more sometimes. Especially when bloated and crampy.
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:51 pm
OMG, pancake uterus. rofl *dies* Toss in some donuts, sausage, and eggs and you'll have a complete reproductive breakfast!
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