about Sexual Education...

One of the many problems in the debate over abortion is the fact people get pregnant in the first place. many talk about birth control, but what of personal responsibility and understanding of sex, pregnancy, and child birth in general? What about the sexual education taught to our children in school, or the lack thereof?

Many beleive that teaching children abstiance is the way, the only way, and everything else is playing dice with chemicals. Others say that properly educated children informed for not only abstianace, but also personal responsibility, contriceptives, and understanding of the remifications of sexual behavior would provide a better well rounded understanding and ability to choose their own sexual path.

what do you think about how children should be taught? at what age? in the school or in the home? and what should sex be taught as? As a negative -something to steer clear of and avoided till 'grown up'- or a positive -something wonderful, natural, but not without its ups, downs, and risks?

>>2 "The purpose of public schooling is to keep voters educated, not to institutionalize sex-ed and fund it with tax money.  That was the reason the public education system was created, and if we are going to have it, we should not lose sight of this." I'm not buying it. Sex-ed is just that; education about a particualr subject that society at large will benefit from. So call me a non-libertarian. There are worse things to be.
"I'm not sure what to say about abstinence.  I don't think the government should interfere with the peaceable and lawful trade of contraceptives in any way, for sure." Abstinence-only doesn't work. Social conservatives don't want to realize this.
>>1 Good ideas there. This shouldn't be an issue as much as a possibility. Parents should be encouraged to tell kids all the truth and facts, and schools should just step in if parents suck at it. I blame prissy parents on both sides of the spectrum.