I found an article about sex ed in New York City's public schools. Although this isn't specifically about Christians, it can relate. This article, Mandatory Sex Ed Details May Be Too Racy for Parents, talked about the sex ed that was going to be taught in the middle school. Parents were concerned because they thought it was too much. Parents were told about the program, 'When given details of the new programs, one Manhattan mom -- who has a child in middle-school -- was surprised."I didn't know how much detail they would get," she said.' I think it is good that they have lots of detail in sex ed. I know a belief in some Christians is that teaching about abstinence is the best way for teens to not have sex, but it is shown that abstinence is actually very ineffective and often there are more teens having unsafe sex and ending up in bad situations such as pregnant or with an STI. At my high school we had a free health center that had free pretty much anything you can think of related to sex or physical or mental health. Free condoms, free birth control, free morning after pills, free HIV testing. My school is 3,400 and in my four years I have only seen 2 pregnancy people at our school. I think it is a much better idea to teach everything you can about sex so teen are more prepared and understand what is going on. It is proven to work.
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