
I have 3 kids, 2 of which are high schoolers. Our high school has pushed back a lot on sex ed. over the years. They have gotten rid of the program completely in the past and many were unhappy when our state made sex ed mandatory in 2015. Our district then implemented a sex ed class for 9th grade students. My older son took the class in 9th grade and we didn't have any issues.My current 9th grade is taking sex ed and has gotten some pretty inaccurate information from his teacher. Our state requires that sexual education must be medically accurate, age-appropriate, and culturally inclusive, without promoting religion. It also has to touch on things like sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual assault, and things like that.I am concerned about the accuracy of the things my son has been taught. He was told that men can only get HIV from other men. The teacher apparently made it clear that not all gay men have HIV, but said it was the only way for a man to catch HIV. When they were discussing puberty she mentioned that this is when males start to get erections. When one of the boys raised his hand to correct the statement, she told him that he was wrong and that it is impossible for that to happen without going through puberty first. She has also told them that condoms aren't very effective. While I would have no problem with her saying they aren't 100 percent effective, I think it was too far to say that they aren't very effective at all even if used right.Other than the HIV statement, she hasn't talked about same sex relationships at all. Same sex couples are supposed to be included in the discussion. She also hasn't talked much about gender identity other than making some complaints about Bruce Jenner changing his gender for attention.While the state mandates certain things, there is no one checking on this. She uses the textbooks but also creates her own PowerPoints that have different information. My son fortunately has more knowledge on sex ed than some of the kids in his class and knows that it is inaccurate, but what about the kids who don't? What about the gay kids who aren't being taught same-sex education? My husband said to stay out of it. Not our monkies, not our circus. The class is only for the first semester anyway and it's almost finished, but I don't want more kids to have to deal with being taught inaccurate information. Should I address this with the building principal? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2A2CVmG
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