I sit here contemplating not waking my daughter up in the morning so that she will miss her field trip tomorrow. You see, 5th grade is a formative year for us. We’ve bought our first bra (for her, not me) and deodorant this year and now I’m about to send her off in the morning to learn about penises. Yes, I really said that…penises. Say it with me now, penises. Okay, I feel better. NOT! Tomorrow is her “New Me” class or rather her “Puberty” class. I was prepared for it…so I thought, until she came home with the talk outline and permission slip, which reads as follows:
I. What is Puberty?
II. When does Puberty start?
III. What causes Puberty to start?
IV. Changes that happen to boys:
a. Voice deepens
b. Growth
c. Hair
d. Muscle Development
e. Sweat and Body Odor
f. Acne
g. Emotions
h. Interests
i. Sperm
j. Erections
k. Ejaculations
l. Wet Dreams
m. Temporary Breast Development
V. Changes that Happen to Girls
a. Voice Deepens
b. Growth
c. Hair
d. Sweat and Body Odor
e. Acne
f. Emotions
g. Interests
h. Breast Development
i. Menstrual Periods
VI. Changes that Happen to Parents
What??? I thought we were going to talk about pads, you know, flexi-wings and tampons! Not penises, ejaculations, wet dreams, sperm and erections!
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We think you should just let her sleep-in tomorrow and and stay a little girl for one more year.
Grandma and Papa
They have sex ed way too early nowadays. Although with television and movies and kids on the playground, I doubt the children are new to such subjects. Parents should be the ones to have the discretion when to teach their children about the wonderful beginning of life
DON'T do it. Take Grandma and Papa's advice (btw, thought this was adorable)
5th grade? What is happening to our world?
Wow.. I remember "the talk" during 7th or 8th grade, not 5th! Although, by 7th or 8th the boys had already gone through puberty.
Did they, at least, seperate the sexes in two different rooms? That would make more sense... So the girls only talk about girl stuff and boys only talk about boy stuff. Although, I think the whole wet dream thing is a little much.
They are separating the boys from the girls but they all get the exact same video/talk I guess.
wow... that is a bit young... rather do it yourself, i think my kids are the wells of knowledge at school... i told them EVERYTHING... cause they came home with the weirdest theories ;) and it seems they are correcting everybody who has got their "facts" wrong.... hehe
Seems like thats a parents place to me.
Hope you had an opt out option on there.
mwaaaaaaahahahahahaaaaaa...
ahem
sorry, had to giggle, my son is 17 and i will never forget the times we've spoken about this stuff!
ABSTINENCE ONLY!!!!
My teacher and social worker friends tell me that 4th graders are now into fellatio and have been for the past decade. I’m rather glad that my sons, now aged 37 and 33, learned about sex from me rather than their peers. At least I think that I discussed it with me before the kids on the corner did.
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