Teen pregnancy: An increasing concern
By Thomas Brouillard
EDI 17 Psychology & Development of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
April 9, 2009
I thought today’s class provided some interesting insight to the issue of sexual education and adolescents. As I have stated in other journals I believe that sexual education should start at an early age. I liked the debate that we had about how early we should engage in this type of education. The question asked was whether kindergarten was too early or not. I think the type of sexual education that is provided at kindergarten is to make sure the children understand what is appropriate and what is not. The education at that age would not venture into actual education on sex, it would just prepare them to know how to identify a sexual predator or inappropriate behavior by another classmate. At that age they are so young they may not know what is right and wrong.
I also enjoyed the discussion on whether the class thought that adolescents who are sexually active use proper protection. Some people in the class believed that adolescents do not use protection as much as they should. There were many reasons brought up but the most common one was economic issue, where they may not have the money for it.
Personally I think that statement is nothing more than a bad excuse. If you do not have the money to protect yourself during sex, then you should not have sex, period. When I was that age I always used protection. To be honest, condoms are not that expensive that it will break your bank. So with that being said, it is important to educate our students that there are alternatives if they are really in such a terrible economic situation, that there are clinics or programs that can provide help. If they do not want to do that, well then they shouldn’t have sex.
One last point that I liked about the class was the debate of what the teachers role is in sexual education. It is a tricky situation if a child does not have a good relationship with their parents or their parents are not open enough with them to talk to them about this subject. Sometimes in those situations they child will turn to a teacher they like and trust for advise. But for the teacher that is a tricky situation because if you are not careful with what you say to them, you can get in a lot of trouble, even get fired.
The best way to dodge this situation if it comes up is to contact the student’s parents. Tell them child came to them and ask them permission if they are comfortable for you to speak with them about the subject. Also I would talk to the head of the department just in case the parents are difficult to deal with, it will show you tried to do everything you could to make the situation right. I believe that the school should provide in depth and proper sex education, but on a personal level a lot of that education should come from home. The parents should be the primary source.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
April 9, 2009
I thought today’s class provided some interesting insight to the issue of sexual education and adolescents. As I have stated in other journals I believe that sexual education should start at an early age. I liked the debate that we had about how early we should engage in this type of education. The question asked was whether kindergarten was too early or not. I think the type of sexual education that is provided at kindergarten is to make sure the children understand what is appropriate and what is not. The education at that age would not venture into actual education on sex, it would just prepare them to know how to identify a sexual predator or inappropriate behavior by another classmate. At that age they are so young they may not know what is right and wrong.
I also enjoyed the discussion on whether the class thought that adolescents who are sexually active use proper protection. Some people in the class believed that adolescents do not use protection as much as they should. There were many reasons brought up but the most common one was economic issue, where they may not have the money for it.
Personally I think that statement is nothing more than a bad excuse. If you do not have the money to protect yourself during sex, then you should not have sex, period. When I was that age I always used protection. To be honest, condoms are not that expensive that it will break your bank. So with that being said, it is important to educate our students that there are alternatives if they are really in such a terrible economic situation, that there are clinics or programs that can provide help. If they do not want to do that, well then they shouldn’t have sex.
One last point that I liked about the class was the debate of what the teachers role is in sexual education. It is a tricky situation if a child does not have a good relationship with their parents or their parents are not open enough with them to talk to them about this subject. Sometimes in those situations they child will turn to a teacher they like and trust for advise. But for the teacher that is a tricky situation because if you are not careful with what you say to them, you can get in a lot of trouble, even get fired.
The best way to dodge this situation if it comes up is to contact the student’s parents. Tell them child came to them and ask them permission if they are comfortable for you to speak with them about the subject. Also I would talk to the head of the department just in case the parents are difficult to deal with, it will show you tried to do everything you could to make the situation right. I believe that the school should provide in depth and proper sex education, but on a personal level a lot of that education should come from home. The parents should be the primary source.
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