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Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI
While it seems amazing that middle schoolers would benefit from this--let me offer a few things
At my middle school, there is currently a 6th grade student who is home bound due to pregnancy.
My students (6th graders) openly talk about who they've had sex with, had sexual encounters with and everything of the like.
I would say it's needed.
Teaching abstinance just isn't effective because if they want to have sex they are going to have sex. We might as well just tell them how to do it safely.
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AlwaysSAI, you beat me to it. I teach middle school as well and I think some parents are clueless to their children having sex. EVERY year, there is someone on my team who is pregnant, already has a child, or homebound due to a pregnancy. I have a student who is 13 and due in November. Last year, there was an 11-yr-old 6th grader who was 7 months pregnant!!! You are right, sex amongst middle schoolers is openly talked about. I know this sounds old fashioned, but we need to go back to basic morals and ethics and parents need some sense of accountability. The majority of my students are raising themselves (their parents work at least 2 jobs and there is no parental supervision in the evenings).
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