Conskeeted19, I totally understand where you are coming from. I encounter the same thing when I counsel young kids at the health clinic and in a youth program. It is really a sad situation, in which there isn't much that one can do. I have found though that just being there, listening and giving positive reinforcement goes a long way. I think it's really good that they feel that they can trust you enough to talk to you. I think that this is why some of the kids that I talk to always come back or remain in touch with me. A majority of the time they are just looking for attention and acknowledgement and aren't getting it from where they should (at home). That is why they end up straying the wrong way.
I think that schools starting as early as possible need to initiate sexual education programs. I came to this conclusion when I heard a 8 year old say to me , "I could bang you out". Mind you, I first learned of that phrase in college. Unfortunately, we cannot wait until high school to begin this type of education. Society says it's alright for the parents to work at least 8 hours a day and send their kids off to school for almost the same time. So in turn children have to learn about life at school, especially if their parents aren't teaching them.
My best advice along with some of the other suggestions is to talk with the other teachers and the school board to see if you can have programs that educated these kids about sex. I know and fully believe that kids should be learning only math, science, etc., but times have changed and we as a society need to adapt to these changes, no matter how bad they may be.
Right now, I'm trying to initiate a program at a youth center in which we take kids to area colleges and expose them to that environment. I know that this may be a bit early for some of them, but they need to know what opportunities are out there for them. Half of them only know the world they live in and need to see the rest of the world and what life has to offer them.
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