Building blocks, ABC’s, and sex ed. That’s what five year olds will be taught about in the UK, says CathNews.
UK’s school children will be given sex education from the age of five, and although parents can keep their kids out of the classes on moral and religious grounds, this right to opt out ends when their children turn 15.
The move is aimed at reducing teen pregnancy rates, the Telegraph reported.
Faith schools will also be forced to teach all aspects of the new style curriculum, including same sex relationships, contraception and abortion, although (government) ministers insisted they could stage lessons within the “tenets of their faith.”
Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, said: “You can teach the promotion of marriage, you can teach that you shouldn’t have sex outside of marriage, what you can’t do is deny young people information about contraception outside of marriage.
“The same arises in homosexuality. Some faiths have a view about what in religious terms is right and wrong, what they can’t do though is not teach the importance of tolerance.”
Under the plans, children as young as five will learn about body parts and differences between boys and girls. In secondary school, pupils will study sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, marriage and civil partnerships, a report on zeenews.com said.
How far behind do you really think America is on this?
The scariest part of that is that parents aren’t allowed to opt out once their kid turns 15. I always wonder where their authority comes from to tell parents what to do with their own children. Aren’t they supposed to do what we tell them to do? You’ve got to wonder what the punishment is for parents who insist on opting out. Probably listening to a lengthy lecture by the Schools Secretary Ed Balls.
That’s some scary stuff.
November 10, 2009 at 4:06 am
"children as young as five will learn about body parts and differences between boys and girls"
Teh horror!
November 10, 2009 at 4:18 am
Boy, this is a hairy situation. Somebody should give Ed a good kick. He has some set of …
November 10, 2009 at 4:55 am
How come no one ever says, "You can teach the promotion of sobriety, you can teach that you shouldn't use drugs other than those prescribed by a doctor, what you can't do is deny young people information about how to use cocaine in it's various forms?"
November 10, 2009 at 5:05 am
Craig,
apparently, you don't seem phased by the possibility of some third-rate local school official telling you what you can and can't do with your own children?
November 10, 2009 at 5:45 am
This becomes even more of a threat when the option to homeschool is removed. Thats already being pushed in this country by various teacher's unions.
And forget about parochial schooling, their curriculum will be thoroughly vetted by politically correct seatpolishing members of the local school district.
November 10, 2009 at 6:51 am
Is this the same sex ed program already in use over there that has already been proven to be a failure because the tenn pregnancy rate went up not down?
November 10, 2009 at 10:50 am
And this is why we will either homeschool or find someway to afford a private Catholic school. The majority of faith schools here receive some funding from the government, and thus must use the national curriculum, and thus must use the new sex ed curriculum. A private Catholic school doesn't receive any government funding, and thus doesn't have to use the national curriculum. Same with homeschooling.
November 10, 2009 at 12:28 pm
This just passed the Wisconsin Assembly on Thursday of last week. So I'd say we're not far behind at all. In fact, it might be worse in WI, because here we won't be allowed to promote marriage or sex exclusively within marriage.
As they take away parental rights, has anybody thought about leaving the country? I know it sounds reactionary, but there are certain lines I will not allow to be crossed.
November 10, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Steve:
As a Wisconsin resident, I'm thinking civil disobedience and revolution.
November 10, 2009 at 1:30 pm
This could be the start of that PP strategy to expand their markets to children. For details about the sexual rights of children & their emancipation from parental guidance cf.
http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2009/11/video-promotion-of-sexual-rights-of.html
November 10, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Ok, so parents can't opt out but what about those kids that'll be intelligent enough to argue with the teachers about this stuff? Will they be written up or kicked out for having an opposing view?
November 10, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I second what mister Crotum said.
Also, it is worth noting that everything serves the state now, your children are not your own, but the state's. Disobedience may soon be the only choice. I would take the bayonet for my children if it meant heresy and sin didn't enter their heads.
November 10, 2009 at 4:29 pm
>>>How come no one ever says, "You can teach the promotion of sobriety, you can teach that you shouldn't use drugs other than those prescribed by a doctor, what you can't do is deny young people information about how to use cocaine in it's various forms?"<<<
That's what the "DARE" program was for, wasn't it???
November 10, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Disobedience is really some solution.. You end up jailed and your kids are now in state custody where sex ed in school will be the least of their problems. What good does that do? My DH and I have had discussions along this vein- what if they make homeschooling illegal, what if they try to force vaccinations, etc. Seems to me like non-compliance will only take you so far down a dead end road. We should all be praying and offering sacrifices for the state of our country every day. Face it, we've got the leadership we deserve…
November 10, 2009 at 4:47 pm
My children have always stayed out of sex ed in the public schools, and as far as I know, have experienced no repercussions. The only repercussion was that their classmates knew that they were not there. From what they have told me, no one even mentioned it to them. I imagine that some of the other children were thinking, "I wish my parents had done that." No one called me, lectured me, etc.
The people who are pushing it are the same ones who say they would like to lower teenaged pregnancies but are actually seeking the profits of the abortion industry. Hm. Ya think?
November 10, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Particularly bothersome when you realize how difficult it is to homeschool in the UK.
November 10, 2009 at 6:20 pm
I believe this country is around the corner. parentalrights.org is fighting hard for our rights. The UN through the UNCRC is also fighting hard, on the other end.
In Germany home schooling was done away with by Hitler in 1938 – it served a great purpose, that of control of parents' resistance and civil disobedience to the government.
Home schooling is still illegal in Germany; this and other laws make it a police state, to some degree. And German children are only pro-forma raised by their parents. "Vater Staat" (= Father State, i.e. the government as an entity who is looking out for you) has tremendous power.
A virtual nightmare for this country, given its history…. downhill is always faster.
Here you will find the comment by a Holocaust Survivor, Lori Kalner. As far as I am concerned, this is not to be take lightly.
http://1phil4everyill.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/holocaust-survivor-warns-of-obama-becoming-the-next-hitler/
What makes our current situation particularly vexing is the USCCB's cooperative attitude – in the words of Judie Brown here re. health care, but it can safely be generalized: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/nov/09110801.html
Mercy!
Mum26
November 10, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Katie,
Whilst I'm not home educating yet (because my son is too young), from what I've read thus far it doesn't seem too difficult to home ed here. There's no specific curriculum that needs to be used, and you don't even have to notify the Local Authority unless you pull a child out of a school to home educate, so they know the child isn't just skipping. I'm sure there are differences from one county to another, but in Merseyside it doesn't seem too difficult.
November 10, 2009 at 8:26 pm
IF it ever comes to forcing sex ed I'll tell my kids it's okay to flunk out of the subject. Just don't pay attention, don't study, flunk the tests. There are stats everywhere that point to the failure of too much information at too young an age. Can you believe it's even a valid subject? And anyway, I find it OFFENSIVE that anyone tell me what I must tolerate or not. A big Whiskey Tango Foxtrot to that! Okay, the inner rebel is coming out. Definitely we are going to have to be willing to take the bayonet for our kids, folks, if it comes to that.
November 10, 2009 at 9:26 pm
But do you VOTE?