Hi Parents! What do you think of Sex Education at a young tender age (primary school) ? For myself, I feel that "Curiosity Kills the Cat". My parents were never very intimate in our presence. There were lovingly sweet. But they explain to us that only husband and wife are allowed to hug and kiss each other intimately. When we watch TV together, we were told to close our eyes whenever there are intimate (kissing) scenes or they would change the channel for awhile. But back then, I don't remember much shows which have intimacy. Only after 11pm. Now, it is different though. There are so much shows that teach about romance, BGR and intimacy, even cartoons.. As for me, I never knew about sexual desires till we had sex education at primary 5 & indeed I started becoming curious & exploring. & I just keep wishing that Sex Education is not too detailed especially the levels of intimacy because that is where kids get ideas to do it and challenge each other.

Sexual education is something that I feel needs to be talked about a lot. From young, it is our duty as parents to teach them about their bodies, "good and bad touches" and how to protect themselves etc. Most parents think it's "too adult" or "inappropriate" to talk to their kids about this until much older - but I feel it's much better heard from parents than to be searching on your own. As with most "adult things", our kids would be able to better appreciate and benefit from it if we are more open in talking about them! I'm a single parent, got pregnant at 18 and the father left as soon as he knew about it - no, I'm not proud of what happened and no, I don't mean that I encourage it in any way - but I wished my parents were more open about it. I didn't know where to turn to for help, who to talk to, what I should do etc - all sexual education ever teaches is abstinence and they make it so awkward that everyone tries to avoid it. If people (parents, schools, government, organizations etc) are more open to talking about it, there wouldn't be as many teens struggling with coping about what happens after - whether it was consensual or not.