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Parent on the downfall?
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FiremanLV5
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Just because something is different, doesn't mean it's worse. The whole point of society is that it evolves and changes through time. Along with that, social values will inevitably change.
Different people have different relationships with their parents, depending on what their parents are like. I could never talk to my parents about sex, drugs or anything like that, but my best friend can talk to his parents about it because they're different from mine.
And it's a good thing that sex ed is taught in schools. Kids need to be informed.
Different people have different relationships with their parents, depending on what their parents are like. I could never talk to my parents about sex, drugs or anything like that, but my best friend can talk to his parents about it because they're different from mine.
And it's a good thing that sex ed is taught in schools. Kids need to be informed.
BarkingRat
'Sup.
I think parenting might be on the downfall, but for different reasons. I know of several hilariously bad parents. But bad parents have probably always been around. There seem to be more single parents today than 50 years ago. I know that single-parent families tend to have it a bit harder than two-parent families. In a single-parent family, the single parent has to be watchguard of the children as well as bring home the bacon. There's no splitting up of the tasks. I've also seen in single-parent families that the oldest child often becomes, in some ways, the second parent. It's not really a pretty sight.
FiremanLV5
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There have always been bad parents. 150 years ago, it was okay for parents to make their little daughters wear corsets that would suffocate them. I think we might be better off today xD
I don't think single parent families are necessarily not going to work. I know of lots of single parents families where the kids have great lives.
I don't think single parent families are necessarily not going to work. I know of lots of single parents families where the kids have great lives.
kaiser soze
Reading ADWD
However if you rely on Sex Ed to educate your kids on sex:
- You have no idea about their sexual activity; it's quite pssible they're already having sex
- You're playing roulette on who's teaching them. the teacher could be a pedophile
- They're probably learning about sex on the playground first
- Kids have more respect for their parents than teachers. Having a parent set rules for sex is more effective than a teacher.
FiremanLV5
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-But at least they're informed. If it wasn't taught in schools, no one could be sure if their parents were educating them about it either. Sexual activity doesn't automatically = bad either. Unless you mean little kids (like primary school) in which case, that is bad.
-HAHA but the same could go for any subject. Not every sex ed teacher is a damn pedo.
-So it's good if what they hear from their friends/TV/other people is supported, proved or disproved by learning about it in school.
-Not always. And sex education doesn't mean that a teacher is setting rules for how those students have sex, it just means they're informing them about certain facts to do with it, like the use of contraception or the dangers of STIs and so on.
So are you arguing that there shouldn't be sex education in schools?
BarkingRat
'Sup.
I, unfortunately, don't. I think single-parent families have more of a challenging time, but if a kid has only one parent to fall back on, well, that's that. The single parents you know sound like heroes.
I think a good example of a "bad" parent is if they know the error of their ways, but choose not to change because of their own selfishness.
For example, across the street from where I live, there is a girl whose mother is known as the "town bicycle" (I'll let you figure that out)
Basically, she goes out every night drinking and sleeping around. She doesn't care about her kids at ALL. Her mother knows that what she does makes her daughter unhappy, but refuses to change her ways because she only cares about her own happiness.
For example, across the street from where I live, there is a girl whose mother is known as the "town bicycle" (I'll let you figure that out)
Basically, she goes out every night drinking and sleeping around. She doesn't care about her kids at ALL. Her mother knows that what she does makes her daughter unhappy, but refuses to change her ways because she only cares about her own happiness.
Heh, at the school I used to go to, Sex Education was optional, and parents could opt their children out of it if they so desired.
kaiser soze
Reading ADWD
I'm not against Sex Ed per se, but I'm against parents relying it as the way their kids learn about sex. The primary responsibility of a child is always the parent. Sex Ed is also a "one size fits all" approach, and if you try to please everyone you end up making no one happy. The best way to get something done is to do it yourself. So I suggest that parents should be proactive with their kids and sex.
FiremanLV5
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And did I say that sex education should be left only to schools to teach? Nooooo I did not xD
Obviously parents need to teach their kids the facts of life, but not all parents will. So sex education should always be present in schools, just in case children aren't being taught the facts at home. Kids don't only need to learn from one place; in fact, they shouldn't. To be a well rounded person, you need to learn from everything you do and everywhere you go, whether it's school, your parents, your friends, street smarts or whatever.
Pokefan1023
Pokemon Breeder :)
I myself never had to have "the talk" about sex with either of my parents. I learned through my classmates at schoo and from a health book my mother bought for me. 
And maybe it's just me, but I'm very thankful that's how I learned about everything and I wouldn't have it any other way. But I'm sure it's different for everyone. Is this what this thread is regarding? Sex ed and parenting? Because I'm not entirely sure lol. I think the integration of sex ed into schools can be a good and a bad thing. It just depends on the student. Some students need only the school program to have a healthy understanding about sex, some need only their parents to talk with them about it, some benefit most from a mixture of both. So no, I don't think parenting is necessarily falling because of this....
And maybe it's just me, but I'm very thankful that's how I learned about everything and I wouldn't have it any other way. But I'm sure it's different for everyone. Is this what this thread is regarding? Sex ed and parenting? Because I'm not entirely sure lol. I think the integration of sex ed into schools can be a good and a bad thing. It just depends on the student. Some students need only the school program to have a healthy understanding about sex, some need only their parents to talk with them about it, some benefit most from a mixture of both. So no, I don't think parenting is necessarily falling because of this....Schooling is supposed to give a child the groundwork basic info for living, the parent is supposed to give the fine details on how stuff is supposed to happen. Parents can lead/teach by example. You get up everyday and go to work, You treat your spouse with love & respect, you treat your child the same, you pay attention to what your child is doing and correct them when they do something wrong.
A parent who does this is less likely to have a child go wrong than an absentee parent.
A parent who does this is less likely to have a child go wrong than an absentee parent.
7 tyranitars
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Yes, however if the parents are overbearing they will grow doing the opposite. It is a matter of finding the right middle.
My sex ed was the internet. Compromises w00t!
But yeah. My parents are pretty good as far as they come. They discovered they were too late with the sex ed so they decided "fuck it" and let me do pretty much whatever I want. Including books. Jeffrey Archer, Sidney Sheldon, Lee Child, John Grisham, Ken Follett, they let me read all of them. And it's nice, because I'm not an idiot who thinks actual sex is like porn. Of course, I have to be careful with porn, doubt their leniency would stretch to that. But yeah, you shouldn't be a prudish idiot, or a "hey son sex is this it's awesome have sex". Let your children learn about it, teach them not to be a whore, and you're set.
But yeah. My parents are pretty good as far as they come. They discovered they were too late with the sex ed so they decided "fuck it" and let me do pretty much whatever I want. Including books. Jeffrey Archer, Sidney Sheldon, Lee Child, John Grisham, Ken Follett, they let me read all of them. And it's nice, because I'm not an idiot who thinks actual sex is like porn. Of course, I have to be careful with porn, doubt their leniency would stretch to that. But yeah, you shouldn't be a prudish idiot, or a "hey son sex is this it's awesome have sex". Let your children learn about it, teach them not to be a whore, and you're set.
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