Do you think kindergarten is a good age to start teaching sex education or are the students too young? Facebook users respond:
This makes me sick to my stomach. Being an educator myself and a mother of two, I can assure you that children this age are not ready for this information. Fifth grade is where some children start to experience bouts of puberty, not kindergarten when they have no idea about reproduction nor should they.
I don't think this is an appropriate age to start this. They shouldn't know or even be able to know this yet. Keep them young and innocent. Sure, teaching them health is appropriate, like washing hands and proper terms for body parts and not to be afraid to use the word vagina and penis to protect them from sexual violence. I think a parent should discuss this with the child when they deem it age-appropriate, but a lot of parents don't and won't, which is sad.
I don't see anything unnatural or childhood-ruining in giving children a general idea of where babies come from. Consider that for generations upon generations, most Midwest families lived on farms or at least owned a few animals, so the idea of kids knowing a little about sex at an early age is nothing new.
They're not teaching them how to make babies. That would be pointless since they can't do it yet anyway. They're teaching how to recognize when someone's doing something inappropriate to them.
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