I ran into this article this morning on MSN while going to check my hotmail (Trevor speaking) and my mind is just racing as a soon to be daddy of a little girl:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26037851/?GT1=43001
I fully expect girls in middle school to be riddled with questions of her body and how she looks and getting pressures from friends and such. Its unfortunate but part of where life is right now. But in this article, it sounds like its starting WAY back in the early grade school years. I can't imagine having a kid come home from 1st grade and asking what a BJ is. I don't even know how I'd react, even thinking about that situation for like 10 minutes now I still don't know how I'd react!!
I know most of our readers have started families now and have young kids...I'd be very curious to hear your thoughts on this? Has it come to this even in the midwest where values seem to be taken more serious? What do you think is to blame for this escalation? Have any of you encountered any of this yet with your kids or even others?
Reading this article just made me sad for this new generation of kids. The pressures they are going to feel and at SUCH a young age. I know about the age I was when sex first become something I was aware of...I was MUCH MUCH older, like 6th/7th grade. I don't know if I was even ready for it at that age though. I remember my first girlfriend in 5th grade...we never even kissed. I remember my first kiss, which was before that, it was from a friends neighbor and I basically ran away! haha Now it seems like this is all starting so much earlier...how is that going to affect kids? Will it affect them at all?
I kinda slid this in between what will be a two part series on our vacation, but I wanted to see what people's thoughts were on this AND get you parents ready for what could be a very early start to sex ed with our generation of children!!
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This is a very scary issue that I have thought about myself, even though I do not yet have children. I grew up in a small town; it was a very poverty stricken, bi-racial town. I personally was pressured to "kiss" and have a boyfriend when I was 6 years old. It was not uncommon for 6th graders to become pregant - some girls I new had multiple abortions before they reached 8th grade. I think, ultimately, it is simply the state of the world - rapidly decompensating. How we respond to it is another issue entirely. Too much to discuss here. :)
Ok, so I have to say, I knew about all that stuff when I was in elementary school. Maybe it's because I grew up in the middle of nowhere and there was nothing better to do than learn about boys, etc. But I have to tell you, 3rd graders are not nearly as innocent as they let on to their parents. If you could plant a spy cam at an elementary school slumber party, you'd be shocked to find out what these kids know at a young age. So my advice would be not to fret so much (because unless you plan on putting prison bars on the windows and home schooling your kids, they're gonna find this stuff out), and just give them a strong home life with the morals that are important to you. Trust me, you will not be able to control those little ears, but you can have just as much influence on them as their friends.
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