There has been so much controversy lately regarding sexual education. When’s the best time to begin it? What should our children be taught?

A proposed sex ed curriculum for public schools in Helena, Montana, has pushed local parents to speak out. Several hundred parents attended a school board meeting to discuss the proposal. Helena parent Brian Ackerman said, “Ninety-five percent, if not 99 percent, is really, really good stuff.” However, he continued, “It’s not something we can attach 100 percent agreement with all of the committee members.”

And, let’s be realistic: Is there any way that all the parents of the mountain town will agree 100 percent with any sex ed curriculum proposal that the school board comes up with? Absolutely not.
The proposal’s guide contains the following points that parents are conflicted about:

-In kindergarten, students will learn the names of their body parts. I’m guessing this includes “penis” and “vagina.”

-First-graders will be taught that people “can love people of the same gender and people of another gender.” However, the word “homosexual” wouldn’t enter the scene until the fifth grade.

-Fifth-graders will learn that sexual intercourse “includes but is not limited to vaginal, oral, or anal penetration.”

So what do you think? Is this curriculum guide introducing mature, sexually-related material too early on?

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