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And some of these kids dress like adults. But, my son doesn't see that. You know what my son sees? He sees a girl in clothing with a Mario plush toy... and she's his friend. I may think a child is dressed inappropriately, but if that same child is going to be friendly with my son and treat him like he isn't different (because he is aware of it), then so be it. I'll invite her over to play with him any day she'd like.
That is what it should all be about. We need to stop slut shaming and judging people because of clothing or sexual behaviour, and start treating them like human beings. Just like everyone is.
Children are not sexually active creatures in my opinion. I cannot agree with the folks who say it doesn't matter or it is setting a bad example that will stunt their sexual behavior later in life and cause repressed sexual feelings. When children are emotionally mature enough to handle sex they should be well educated. Sex is not a shameful or horrible thing. But sex with a child is. To me it is that simple. Children should not be sex symbols. Now I know everyone disagrees about when a person is ready for this stuff and I think that is because everyone develops at different rates. Call me a prude all day long but I will never be okay with children being thought of in a sexual way by adults.
Do you know when I was a kid, Kindergarten was half days? Yep. Now we have kids in school at age two until 6pm.
You can stunt your kids sexuality if you act like sex is evil.
Quote from: xeevee on December 07, 2012, 09:48:26 AM You can stunt your kids sexuality if you act like sex is evil. This is so very true, especially with young girls. Only in recent times have we been more accepting of women's sexuality, and I think it's an important path to keep traveling.For example, my grandmother would never talk to my mom about sex. She was SO sheltered that she thought she was pregnant just by holding hands with my dad when they were teens and was very terrified she was going to be a teen mother. I personally feel a parent should be open about sex with their kids. My mom and I are quite open with each other about it.
Kids should definitely be educated about sex by sixth grade. Many kids will have their hormones revving up by that point. As far as knowing about sex, I knew about it in general terms by first grade, just from "playground talk". The irony is that it was a private religious school that didn't have very extensive / good sex education, so a loooot of misconceptions persisted. Two of my classmates got pregnant in eighth grade, and it was not even a very large class.
Quote from: LadyMoondancer on December 08, 2012, 12:54:03 AMKids should definitely be educated about sex by sixth grade. Many kids will have their hormones revving up by that point. As far as knowing about sex, I knew about it in general terms by first grade, just from "playground talk". The irony is that it was a private religious school that didn't have very extensive / good sex education, so a loooot of misconceptions persisted. Two of my classmates got pregnant in eighth grade, and it was not even a very large class. I don't think they should be educated until about 15 years of age. 10 years old just seems too young to me