Any grade that students on average go through puberty in, I guess. :/


Although I've always personally felt that it would be better if this was left to the parents. I mean, it'd be concerning if the child receives the education earlier than a parent or guardian may wish. Or if a parent is even comfortable with an outside influence giving their children sex education. But that's probably a whole other can of worms...

I'd must say that it would be best to teach them about sex during the time where puberty would hit most of them at an overall average age/rate. In the end, they'll need to learn one way or another.


(Strange thing is, I don't think I've ever really received sex education at my school... :/)

Hmm.. I would suggest teaching the health aspects around middle school and the scientific aspects in high school.

I don't think it's really necessary to teach "This is how you have sex" step by step instructions. Just basic health and science knowledge. It would be a bit odd for a biology teacher to teach about all body systems except for the reproductive.

My district introduces sex ed in the form of FLASH in the fifth grade. Family Life And Sexual Health. It seems like an appropriate age to start discussing these things, as many kids begin puberty at this age.

And no sex ed program gives kids kama sutra and position details. It's about sexual health and understanding puberty. Learning about how to have safe sex is a part of that, but it's only a fraction of the curriculum.

As soon as children are able to understand those kinds of biological concepts. It's a facet of life as relevant as descriptions of animals those kids will never encounter outside of zoos. I mean, who cares about the kids going through puberty? Kids don't turn into animals, and it's still important to teach about them because they exist in the world. Reproduction is an important part about life that should just be general knowledge.

5th grade is like 9-10 year olds, right?

I'm not American so I don't know the grade system, but I'm assuming 5th grade is about 9/10 years old. This is when I think kids should learn about puberty, especially the girls, because they begin to develope around this time. They should know at least the basics of sex before they start the 7th grade because would you rather they learnt it in a controlled environment with all the facts or getting a distorted version from peers who don't fully understand it themselves?

2nd grade is too young. any 7 year old who knows about sex has bad parents.

In 1st grade, I was taught basic anatomy of various animals. The idea of animals making families is there, but kind of evaded. I think they could easily talk about basic facts of reproduction. It's just a part of biology. Would a 7 year old who knows about caterpillar metamorphosis have bad parents? Would a 7 year old who knows about rot have bad parents? Would a 7 year old who knows about marsupials have bad parents? Sex is just a simple fact of biology. Teaching biology is not abusive.

It's not the age that's the problem, it's the way it's taught.

They should be taught about it right from the beginning, in an age appropriate way of course. Instead of avoiding the issue or coming up with stupid stork myths, answer children's questions immediately in G-rated way, and gradually teach more details as they get older.

That's when it started for me. And I think it did more good than harm. They started teaching it at this time because at 10 men and women start to enter purbirty. I think it's only fair to be educated about what you are in for. I mean I would be really afraid if I just started bleeding and didn't know why. In fact my friend had a friend who was not taught about the menstrual cycle; she thought she was going to die and her mom had to explain it to her and try to calm her down. That being said it is more beneficial. Kids have the right to know their bodies and what they will do in time, it makes it much less scary. On that note I almost want to say start teaching it when they are even younger than 10 so they can get comfortable and learn some maturity when discussing the topic. Speaking from experiences I am so glad we started in 5th grade and I learned about my menstrual cycle before it actually happened

I don't know how the American grading system corresponds to age, so I'm just going go with whatever age they start to learn biology/science. That should be perfectly fine.

This is the age when they're mature enough to handle it. Most young kids wouldn't understand it, or act all grossed out.