Perspectives on sex education for children and adolescents

The Perspective on Sex Education

Sex Education is a center of controversy due to the sensitivity of the subject matter at hand . The argument on whether it is to be part of school programs is still debated due to the concerns regarding the tendencies in behavior of the recipients , particularly children and adolescents . In its simplest context , Sex Education is a that discusses the overall sexual behavior of a human being . The behavior pertains to sexual intercourse , sexual anatomy and reproduction as well as education about a person 's sexuality , the reproduction

aspect discusses the reproductive stages and must be covered in the study of sex education . Therefeore , children and adolescents have the right to acquire knowledge about an inevitable aspect

Sex education , being a diverse subject matter can be taught informally via parental conversations , conversations with friends and through the media through columnist articles , self-help books and educational websites . These aids to the sexual development of a person , a child in particular , are strong foundations as the process of growth continues In a formal sense , sex education is being taught in some schools , in junior highschools as a course and as part of a broad subject that tackles health . Educational institutions play a vital role in the development of a child , schools provide disciplinary methods and formal means of educating the young with sex education thereby guiding and preparing them for the transition period of adolescence . In this note students learn to manage themselves and contemplate on different factors that are vital to the puberty stage which is a solid foundation of decision making . Sex education covers a hierarchy of several other complicated s that require professional supervision and guidance such as masturbation , pre-marital sex , safe sex and the ethics of sex Sex education is a misleading matter for the reason that it mainly tackles biology but the undermining tendencies of arousal cannot be denied , especially on adolescents (Reich , 1936 . However , the fact of the matter is that sex education is a gradual manner of opening children to what is natural to humans . The sexual feelings , behavior and development of children should be given consideration , along with accurate and proper information , sex education will be a catalyst of moral decision making come the adolescent stage . Early knowledge about sexual matters may cause the Oedipus Complex , wherein the child deems the father as a competitor for the mother 's love (Freud , 1905 . The subsequent tendency is that a child will come to a realization that his primary desires cannot be satisfied , thus turning to the parent of the same sex as well as prefer the company of people with the same gender and will lead to speedy evolution of sex roles , this is otherwise called sexual latency (Freud , 1905 . Contrary to Freud 's theory , the application of normative and culturally appropriate procedures in educating will provide children the information they need to know without exploiting and poisoning their minds , and their childhood for that matter , nor will it cause...