In the age of computers and social media, teenagers are curious about sex, and it is an important task for schools and parents to encompass correct concepts of sex in their children rather than this job being done by any magazines or indecent sites.
Sex education is not only important from a biological knowledge point of view; it has been seen through many statistics that children who were better informed about sex, gained incremental knowledge about the horrors of sexual exploitation and were able to protect themselves better.
Sex education provides a platform for young people to clear their mind boggling thoughts about sex and give a better understanding of humanity, reproductive rights, self appreciation, and the physiological and emotional aspects related with it. Educating children about safe sex and protection methods have been proven useful in curbing sexually transmitted diseases to a great extent.
Sexuality is broader than sexual activity. It encompasses all the things that make us who we are. Shaped by culture, history, values, education and experience, our sexuality influences our views of individuality, family, parenthood, and community.
From a young age, children are exposed to sexual imagery and language in their environment, and their bodies are experiencing and developing sexual responsiveness. Their curiosity is inevitable, and the answers they get should clarify not confuse the issues for them.
As the children are growing up to become teenagers and youths, the sex education should be more audible and pronounced. Nothing should be left unsaid for them. The female children should be told how to become pregnant, dangers associated with unprotected sex and the risks of having an abortion. The male children should know the consequences that are attached to unsafe sex and impregnating a child.
They should know about rape, how they can be lured and how to be safe from being raped. The male children should be aware of the punishments of being a rapist.( read on sexually transmitted diseases here )
The friends they keep should be kept under check, teachers or private tutors should be well screened so as to prevent the children from sexual child abuse. Pamphlets, handbills, and protections such as condoms should be publicly distributed.
A child that fall victim of sexual abuse should not be abandoned, parents should not be too busy to have time for their children. Time should be set apart in homes where the children can ask questions. Nothing should be seen as ungodly or too heavy to be taught about sex
Adolescence is a particularly stressful and confusing time as both physical and cognitive aspects of sexual expression begin to align, and the opportunities for personal decision making expand.
Sexuality begins to be a significant part of relationship experiences. We want those relationships to be healthy and safe, as they are the training ground for life as an adult.
Sex education should be increased in schools. Nearly one million women under the age of 20 get pregnant each year. That means 2800 women get pregnant each day. If students are educated about the effects sex has on their lives, it lessens their chance of having children at an early age.
Knowledge about sex can also lessen the chance of kids receiving STDS. First of all, the main reason children have sex prematurely is because they are curious.
Students lack knowledge about sex because they haven’t been taught about it, however, when children know the consequences behind their actions and the risks they are taking they less likely to want to have sex. If we take the time to show kids what it is like to take care of a child as a teenager.
Sex education is the process of teaching the young ones, teenagers, and teens about sexuality, their body changes, relationship and all that they need to know to prepare them for the future.
Educating a child about sex is important and should start before the puberty stage. Sex education is always seen as a sensitive topic to be discussed with children and if care is not taken, it can mislead a child.
It is surprising that children, teenagers, and youth now know more than their parents. Despite this, parents should not assume that the children know it all, and should not shun or look over sex education. Some parents also shy away from talking about sex to their children, some even see it as an ungodly topic to be treated, and some think the child is so young to be taught about sex.
Parents across the globe are hesitant in giving their children sex education due to various reasons, which majorly include preservation of virginity, avoiding premarital sex, pregnancy and abortion and in the name of maintenance of their family honor, religion and culture.
But various surveys and studies have proven the facts completely opposite to these; it has been found that boys and girls who were not sexually educated presented a much larger fraction of sexual indiscretion than sexually educated adolescents.
It is true in every sense that parents are best teachers but due to the eerie nature of this topic, schools should come forward and take it as their utmost responsibility to impart sexual education in their students.
School should hold holistic, well planned and developed counseling programmes with main focus on sexual abuse, understanding sexuality and gender roles, effects of pornography on adolescents mind and decision etc.
One other important aspect which should be covered by well- taught counselors is understanding the sexual identity, where young people can identify themselves as gay, lesbian and bisexual and are confident about their choice and do not face biasness from members of the society. All these programmes should be interactive, student centered, engaging and empowering to young people.
But if kids have no knowledge about these things, how can we expect them to know any better. In addition, another thing students need to be educated on is a teenage pregnancy. There are so many young mothers and fathers who have no idea what they have gotten themselves into.
When kids become sexually active they don’t think about the negative results of their actions, they just live in the moment. If students are educated about the burden of carrying and taking care of a child they may think twice about having sex.
One way to show children how hard it is to raise a child as a teenager, is to bring teenage parents in to attest to the fact that parenting a child as a teen is not easy. They can tell them about the excruciating pain they went through and how difficult and sacrificial having a child is.
Many teenage parents have no social life and are forced to grow up quickly because they have to bear the responsibility of taking care of a child. If students have knowledge about these things they are less likely to repeat other people’s mistakes.
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