The bottom line, going back to the OP, is that if anyone (including all of the teachers with PhD's in armchair child psychology on this thread) thinks kids from the age of 5-8 can understand what they are being taught with respect to naming sexual organs/learning one's inherent sexuality/"he's got two mommys"/ biology/sex - you're a full fledged idiot.
There is a REASON sexual education is normally taught (outside of public schools) in middle school (7th grade). Girls are getting their periods, boys are waking up with "uh, gotta change my sheets".
Who TF wants a bunch of 5 year olds who (in public school, especially) can barely write their names, walking around with knowledge they can't process? It's pointless. Just as all the sex -ed in 5th grade, back in the 70's was. Ok. Thanks. When's lunch? It doesn't hit HOME.
Stranger/danger - because there are SO many parents in this day and age who don't teach that? And who are they? The drug addicts? Illegals? Who are they? Why does anyone else's kid have to pay for the lack of parenting by others?
WHO are THOSE parents and what is the percentage of them who don't teach their kids about bad-touching before they let their kid be with ANYONE alone (including a relative) in this day and age? To the point that schools HAVE to?
The ones who come home from school to find mommy screwing some john on a couch? High? Passed out?
If you already haven't taught your kid about "bad touching" by the age of 5 and when they are away from you at school all day long....you're the problem. And you ALWAYS will be the problem. So public school can teach Johnny or Juan or Juanita all they want to about whatever...not going to change a damn thing. And when a parent is the problem, public school has never stepped in to the point that they can "save" these kids who are destined for what they are destined for.
So knock off the "for the general good", when the general good already has their i's dotted and their t's crossed and don't want their kids learning about anything they aren't ready to because a few parents are inept at being parents.
Teaching a 5-8 year old the "correct" word for a sexual organ or how the penis is placed in the vagina isn't going to do a damn thing other than create a lot of uncomfortableness for a lot of kids.
So many have already said kids can't be "kids" anymore. So why shove sex and how mommy and daddy "made them" all up in their craw before they are old enough to process the information? If anyone thinks, for one second, that a 5-8 year old can grasp the concept of sex, you need to stay on your commune and keep picking those veggies. Compost s-h-i-t pile might need a good turn over too. Get to gettin'!
What's the age a brain fully matures? Not by kindergarten...that's why 20-somethings are still STUPID, still get knocked up, still make stupid decisions...etc.
And tossing "it's only biology" on 5-8 year olds....what's the point? What are they going to do with it? Look for spiderman's peanuts (not a spelling error) on a spidey action figure? Where's my sister's bagina (not a spelling error)? Can I see it?
Little ones do best with visual and tactile learning. Good luck with that in the 5-8 year old sex ed plan.
And here's the Chi-town 2013 issue:
Video: Chicago makes sex-ed mandatory for kindergarteners « Hot Air
Gay couples with children? Why teach about it? They're so young, it's normal to them. If you don't make a big huge "we're special" deal out of some kid having two mommy's or two daddy's, for 5-8 year olds, they won't notice the difference.
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