They also need to know about the changes their body is going to go through in puberty, the emotions and urges they will develop and how to healthily deal with them, basic hygiene and use of deodorant, what sexual assault is and how to report it since many kids are sexually abused.
This is just not true. Kids absolutely need accurate sex education BEFORE they are ready to engage in any sexual activity. It’s important for kids to have accurate names for body parts and sex itself for all sorts of reasons. Comprehensive sex ed results in REDUCED rates of sexual activity.
Bottom line: you don’t wait until kids might be sexually active to provide sex ed. You provide it long before that point and, in doing so, can actually DELAY the start of sexual activity.
…yeah. That’s what sex ed class is in elementary school. They don’t even go over the other genders’ parts until later. The point in starting at the beginning of puberty is so that kids already have a good understanding of their own parts, then further classes taken over the next several years of puberty allow them to gain a better understanding of other people’s parts, then get a good understanding of what they’re used for, and ways to stay safe.
At 10 all kids need to know is that genitals are used for sex and they shouldn’t be doing it with anyone
Not much more details are necessary
They also need to know about the changes their body is going to go through in puberty, the emotions and urges they will develop and how to healthily deal with them, basic hygiene and use of deodorant, what sexual assault is and how to report it since many kids are sexually abused.
girls get their periods before 10 years old. personally, started masturbating around that age myself.
This is just not true. Kids absolutely need accurate sex education BEFORE they are ready to engage in any sexual activity. It’s important for kids to have accurate names for body parts and sex itself for all sorts of reasons. Comprehensive sex ed results in REDUCED rates of sexual activity.
Bottom line: you don’t wait until kids might be sexually active to provide sex ed. You provide it long before that point and, in doing so, can actually DELAY the start of sexual activity.
…yeah. That’s what sex ed class is in elementary school. They don’t even go over the other genders’ parts until later. The point in starting at the beginning of puberty is so that kids already have a good understanding of their own parts, then further classes taken over the next several years of puberty allow them to gain a better understanding of other people’s parts, then get a good understanding of what they’re used for, and ways to stay safe.