School parents beware 3827

that affect. but explain how learning about periods can make a girl insecure?

What part of "You don't need to tell the child EVERYTHING at once, but you do need to tell them what to expect next." implies all kids need to be told at one time? Never have I said they all need to be told at 6 or 7 or 8, or even 12. I only ever said they need to be told what to expect NEXT in their own development, regardless of their current age. If a girl starts budding at 8, tell her about pubic hair and periods before she has them! Same goes for boys of course, though you can probably skip the period bit.

I was sarcastically demonstrating the worst possible outcome of holding back education. Withholding information does not make someone innocent, it makes them ignorant. An unwanted teen pregnancy will end innocents far more effectively that any education.

I wanted to quantify the original statement that lacked an age. Neither myself or the person I was replying to specified an age. Only the original poster mentioned an age, and it was in reference to leading a parade, not love ed.

Once a girl starts menstruation it is too late to tell her. She will already be capable of becoming pregnant and attracted to boys. Therefore she could have had love without knowing what it was or how to protect herself.

The girl should have been told about periods at the first sign of puberty (budding) and told that she can get pregnant no later than her first period. At some point after that she will ask "how you get pregnant", at which time the mechanics of it and contraception should be discussed.

If that happens at 6 years old as you have suggested, then her innocents was taken by her own biology. By 10 she will have a fully developed female form and need to know how to deal with the attention boys give her. Puberty is an average of 4 years.

I was discussing primary school as mentioned by the first and second poster. You put the ages intot he posts. Nevertheless.....

Puberty starting at 6 & 7 is very rear, but 8 is becomming common according to the research i did the other day when i posted those links. Puberty once started between 9-12. now it seems to be 8-11 according to the research. That means we are talking about grade 4 to 6 children who need to know what to expect.

9 is also old enough to get pregnant if puberty started at 8. Periods come about a year after breast budding. Ovulation can occur before the very first period, or up to a year afterwards.

My primary school did basic love education about periods and babies for grade 4 students, with the expectation that they would start puberty in grade 5 sometime. I don't remember a single person talking about it after the clbutt. No innocent was lost. In fact I didn't care about any of it until it became relevant to me personally.

that is a contentious issue. Doesn't the girl have two mums? So wouldn't "gay" be in her face everyday, including the discrimination that goes with it? Isn't the march about acceptance and understanding? Reminding those idiots who go out "gay bashing" that children are involved may be a good thing! I think seeing your parent come home bashed would destroy innocents faster than knowing some people marry the same love. In fact I am sure that girl innocence was destroyed a long time ago by thoughtless people who directed hostility at her because of her parents.

I'm not wiggling at all! You seem to have got this AGE thing into your head and wont let go of it. I never mentioned 8 years old as you keep insisting. All my statements have been age independent beyond the mention of primary school.

I have repeatedly stated that a child needs to know what will happen before it happens to them. This could be 12 years or 6 years depending on the child. with 8-9 being the accepted average for puberty I say they should know something by then, or it is too late.

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