Sex Education

To me sex education is very important in school. I may seem old fashioned to some readers, but I do believe that the primary mission of a sex educator should be to teach the benefits of abstinence. Obviously children are going to make poor choices at times and other preventative method such as contraceptives need to be taught, but teenagers are not mentally prepared to have a relationship based on sexual contact. This is not love, it is an infatuation and curiosity. The problem is that many parents are not fulfilling their parental duties. Some children come into a relationship clueless to how a sexual relationship can impact a student's emotional life. We have children committing suicide because they are not emotionally prepared to deal with the breakup of a relationship that involved sex. I personally know a few girls that had abortions in high school who were never the same afterwards. Abstinence should be taught as a primary method to help keep children-children. I do understand that many will still choose to have sex no matter what and need to be taught other methods of contraception, but we should not loose track of the 100% effectiveness of absinence and the other problems that could arise from safe sex.Check out the article found below and tell me what you think.http://www.edutopia.org/poll-sex-education-abstinence-only#comment-60881