Quote:The New Zealand Family Planning Association is trying to save face after public backlash over the Association’s plan to release a sexuality resource for children aged 5 to 8 later this month.

The resource has drawn attention to the fact that “sexuality” is already included right through each year level of the health curriculum. Even in Catholic schools “sexuality” education is compulsory, although parents do have the right to be informed and are given the option of removing their children from these classes.

The Ministry of Education’s 2002 document “Sexuality Education – Revised Guide for Principals, Boards of Trustees, and Teachers” states that “sexuality education” actually “emphasises the holistic nature of sexuality education (which has physical, social, mental and emotional, and spiritual aspects) and defines 'sex education' as relating only to the physical dimension of sexuality education.”

In an effort to calm the waters, Family Planning’s Health Promotion Director, Frances Bird hasstated that “sexuality education is not sex education”. According to 3 News, Bird said “We’re not talking about sex – the act of sex – at all.”

Family Planning’s website explains to parents and caregivers that “because sexuality education is much more than ‘the birds and the bees’ it should start young.”

It is the Association’s belief that through “normalizing conversations about bodies, good and bad feelings, families and relationships and learning communication skills from a young age,” children will be confident to ask questions and “build on their understanding” as they grow.

Earlier this week the content of the Year One (age 5) resource produced by Family Planning was revealed by the NZ Herald:

Working together as a class to create a safe classroom environment; Discussing the meaning of respect and showing respect for others; Describing themselves and their relationships with others, including similarities and differences; Describing themselves in relation to their gender; Exploring and sharing ideas about friends and classmates; Using ‘I’ statements to express ideas and feelings; Identifying body parts, including sexual parts; and Discussing changes to the body and ways to care for the body.

Frances Bird has given two explanations as to why this resource for young children is needed. The first was that “young people are being exposed to more media and materials.”

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This was followed by the reasoning that “if you start to build the foundation knowledge for them, by the time they do learn about it [sex], they’re less likely to have early sex, they have fewer partners, they have less sex as well.”

Critics believe that both of these reasons are flawed. The more sexuality education has permeated New Zealand schools, the more the sexual and general behavior of young people has increased.

Parents, teachers, priests, ministers, and all people of good will are being asked to work together to keep organisations like Family Planning out of schools, youth programmes, and out of families so that the innocence of children is protected for as long as possible.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/sexuali...anned-pare

Be great if they started teaching and encouraging young boys to be leaders and grow to men, and encouraging girls to be feminine.

lol 5 year old boys are amazed at their own erections. Try explaining anything about sex to them.

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if you are gonna take a story from a biased source dont make it so obvious next time

(11-08-2013 10:09 AM)john01992 Wrote:  Click "like" if you are PRO-LIFE!

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if you are gonna take a story from a biased source dont make it so obvious next time

All sources are biased. That's just a complaint from you when they don't favor your biases.

(11-08-2013 10:09 AM)john01992 Wrote:  Click "like" if you are PRO-LIFE!

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This is what unchecked liberalism leads to.

Guys like Cuccinelli don't seem so extreme once you peel back the banana a little and see that guys like McAuliffe want to teach kindergartners about sex and sodomy and use public money to bring extremists like Dan Savage into the schools to demonstrate fisting techniques.

You've really got a bee in your bonnet, don't you, ER?

Makes me wonder if there aren't any unresolved questions in your life.

(11-08-2013 10:20 AM)Smaug Wrote:  You've really got a bee in your bonnet, don't you, ER?

Makes me wonder if there aren't any unresolved questions in your life.

This is what the left is all about, Smaug. Spread the word. Has nothing to do with "consenting adults".

I went to a Catholic elementary school here in the US. Sex education was taught at that elementary school. Conservatives like to blame liberals for this kind of thing but it does happen in conservative circles as well.

(11-08-2013 11:44 AM)EpicNiner Wrote:  I went to a Catholic elementary school here in the US. Sex education was taught at that elementary school. Conservatives like to blame liberals for this kind of thing but it does happen in conservative circles as well.

1. The political leanings of a Catholic school really depends on the wing of Catholocism it falls under, and if it is diocesan, the Bishop.

2. A Catholic school can teach whatever it wants as long as they don't get direct tax money and enrollment is voluntary.

(11-08-2013 11:44 AM)EpicNiner Wrote:  I went to a Catholic elementary school here in the US. Sex education was taught at that elementary school. Conservatives like to blame liberals for this kind of thing but it does happen in conservative circles as well.

Since when are Roman Catholics conservatives?

(11-08-2013 01:08 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 11:44 AM)EpicNiner Wrote:  I went to a Catholic elementary school here in the US. Sex education was taught at that elementary school. Conservatives like to blame liberals for this kind of thing but it does happen in conservative circles as well.

Since when are Roman Catholics conservatives?

Depends on who is practicing it. The Jesuits at St. Joe's were left wing. Diocesan supported churches and schools tend to be more conservative and Opus Dei is to the right of the Southern Baptists. I find it hard to believe any of them are teaching sex ed in elementary schools unless it is abstinence and they certainly aren't peddling the homosexual agenda, abortion, or birth control. Even the Jesuits aren't that stupid. The Jesuits might be good for justifying sin on an individual level using the "personal conscience" excuse, but they won't go over the line without being chastised.

I went to a Catholic school in Ireland and in no way whatsoever was sex ed taught. The all girls school was right down the hill though and that was as good as.

It shouldn't surprise anyone. Liberals are the same group that wants to normalize pedophilia.

(11-08-2013 01:19 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:08 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 11:44 AM)EpicNiner Wrote:  I went to a Catholic elementary school here in the US. Sex education was taught at that elementary school. Conservatives like to blame liberals for this kind of thing but it does happen in conservative circles as well.

Since when are Roman Catholics conservatives?

Depends on who is practicing it.

Sure, but Roman Catholics have been voting Dem en masse for decades.

(11-08-2013 01:56 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:19 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:08 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 11:44 AM)EpicNiner Wrote:  I went to a Catholic elementary school here in the US. Sex education was taught at that elementary school. Conservatives like to blame liberals for this kind of thing but it does happen in conservative circles as well.

Since when are Roman Catholics conservatives?

Depends on who is practicing it.

Sure, but Roman Catholics have been voting Dem en masse for decades.

That's because they are highly concentrated up North. And even so, I wouldn't say they are voting dem en masse. Bush carried them against Kerry by 9 and Obama only won them by 2 last go around. So in the last 4 elections, the republican candidate did better with the Catholic vote than the all around vote. When you consider the concentration in the Northeast and Midwest, it was probably even better than that. I have also seen polls that show Catholics that attend mass at least weekly supported Romney with 70% where as the Catholic-by-bloods and Christmas and Easter drop in Catholics supported Obama by a similar margin.

(11-08-2013 02:08 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:56 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:19 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:08 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 11:44 AM)EpicNiner Wrote:  I went to a Catholic elementary school here in the US. Sex education was taught at that elementary school. Conservatives like to blame liberals for this kind of thing but it does happen in conservative circles as well.

Since when are Roman Catholics conservatives?

Depends on who is practicing it.

Sure, but Roman Catholics have been voting Dem en masse for decades.

That's because they are highly concentrated up North. And even so, I wouldn't say they are voting dem en masse. Bush carried them against Kerry by 9 and Obama only won them by 2 last go around. So in the last 4 elections, the republican candidate did better with the Catholic vote than the all around vote. When you consider the concentration in the Northeast and Midwest, it was probably even better than that. I have also seen polls that show Catholics that attend mass at least weekly supported Romney with 70% where as the Catholic-by-bloods and Christmas and Easter drop in Catholics supported Obama by a similar margin.

How they collect this info? Through polls?

(11-08-2013 01:56 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:19 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:08 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 11:44 AM)EpicNiner Wrote:  I went to a Catholic elementary school here in the US. Sex education was taught at that elementary school. Conservatives like to blame liberals for this kind of thing but it does happen in conservative circles as well.

Since when are Roman Catholics conservatives?

Depends on who is practicing it.

Sure, but Roman Catholics have been voting Dem en masse for decades.

Being a catholic and Growing up in catholic schools all my life, I know plenty of conservative Catholics. Granted i did grow up in the south(Texas and Georgia). I have to agree with the others that it really depends on were you are as a catholic. if your raised in the south their is a much higher probability of being conservative. And since a majority of catholics live in the northern states they tend to lean more liberal.

In my catholic school we didn't have sex ed till 5th grade and our parents had to consent to us being taught.

(11-08-2013 02:36 PM)DragonLair Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:56 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:19 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 01:08 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 11:44 AM)EpicNiner Wrote:  I went to a Catholic elementary school here in the US. Sex education was taught at that elementary school. Conservatives like to blame liberals for this kind of thing but it does happen in conservative circles as well.

Since when are Roman Catholics conservatives?

Depends on who is practicing it.

Sure, but Roman Catholics have been voting Dem en masse for decades.

Being a catholic and Growing up in catholic schools all my life, I know plenty of conservative Catholics. Granted i did grow up in the south(Texas and Georgia). I have to agree with the others that it really depends on were you are as a catholic. if your raised in the south their is a much higher probability of being conservative. And since a majority of catholics live in the northern states they tend to lean more liberal.

I don't think we're disagreeing here.

Quote:In my catholic school we didn't have sex ed till 5th grade and our parents had to consent to us being taught.

Heh, in my public school, we didn't have sex ed until 8th grade, and our parents could opt out.

Of course that was a very conservative district in one of the most conservative counties in the state. There was a Roman Catholic pediatrician who had a lot of sway in the district (and 8 kids) too FWIW.

Still, this whole talk about sex ed is pretty funny, since the world got along just fine w/o it for millennia.

(11-08-2013 11:44 AM)EpicNiner Wrote:  I went to a Catholic elementary school here in the US. Sex education was taught at that elementary school. Conservatives like to blame liberals for this kind of thing but it does happen in conservative circles as well.

I bet you didn't have to read, "Heather Has Two Mommies".