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Originally Posted by AGDee
In the school district that my kids go to, the only "sex ed" they get is in 9th grade Health class. Not a peep before that and nothing outside of that class. Plus, they don't have to take that class in 9th grade, they can wait until 12th grade to take it if they want, but most take it in 9th.
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That's all we had, too though the class was required in 9th grade. I'm sure there were pregnancies at my high school, but no one heard of them because they were likely "taken care of". (I literally never heard of one, but find it hard to believe
no one got pregnant.) However my parents sent me to a church course in 5th grade that did focus almost exclusively on abstinence, but at least covered basic forms of birth control.
I remember parents being concerned about the lack of education we were getting and a couple of doctors in the community held optional courses on pregnancy and STDs which almost everyone was sent to. It included all the typical disgusting STD pictures and such. But I do know better than to deny that the environment in the community had a lot to do with the absence of teen pregnancy at our school. These were motivated students and well educated parents that weren't interested in letting their child's future be put on hold...I'm willing to bet STDs were another matter though I couldn't say with any certainty how common they were. It's true that teen pregnancy is often not a result of just one cause, but I do think there is a serious lack of sex ed in general in high schools.