Sex Education at School?Who’s responsibility is it to educate our
children about sex?What type of lessons should be taught? Safe
sex practices or abstinence?When should these classes be offered? What
grade?Where, if not at school?
Elizabeth White
Today’s Sex IssuesParents and teen conversations
Teens and their body
Mississippi has highest teen pregnancy rate
Diseases
House Bill 999 signed February 2011
Parents and Teen Conversation
• Who starts the conversation
• What do we talk about
• Does the child understand
• Does the parent get it
Teens and Their Bodies Boys Girls
How do boys perceive themselves
What do they know about girls
Do they know correct terms
What do they really understand
How do girls perceive themselves
What do they know about boys
How much do they know about their body
Do they know correct terms
Pregnancy RateMississippi has the highest teen pregnancy
rateDo teens know the risk
DiseasesOther issues besides pregnancy
Life threatening
Protection
House Bill 999States Sex Education will be taught
School Board to decide about contraception
Abstinence or abstinence-plus
http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/extrel/leg/2011/2011HouseEdBills.html