.Wilier.
One of Freddy's beloved
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Last night Mrs Wil and myself attended my eldest daughters school for a meeting with the teachers and governors regarding Sex and Reletionship Education.
Basically, the school (a primary school) wish to introduce this subject to the curriculum and wanted to consult with the parents and seek approval as to which words were to be used etc to descibe the *sex parts* of the human anatomy. There was also a viewing of 3 15min videos taken form C4 childrens ed programming.
The words, neither Mrs Wil nor myself had a problem with. I guess its not fair to expect the teachers to know every pet name for a minge under the sun, so vagina, penis, breasts etc Im fine with.......I accept that these are words my 5yr old will use.
The video's however had a bit of a sticking point.
There was a video with a couple of children watching their pet cat have kittens etc......then it went into explaining the difference between boys and girls. Cut to a cartoon image of a naked boy and girl, and the narrator explaining that there are 2 special things about girls.....I assumed Breast and a vagina but no........they zoomed in and said
"Girls have a clitoris....sometimes it gets hard and feels nice" and that they have a vagina which is designed in such a way to allow baby's out.
"Boys have a penis. Sometimes it gets hard and it feels nice"
Now I may be being slightly prudish or naive but does a 5yr old really need to know that she has a clitoris? and that it feels nice? Surely it only feels nice if the girl becomes arroused?
I can accept that a boy is gonna get a stiffy every now and then, and needs to know that this is normal and nothing to worry about...although why should a 5yr old boy get a stiffy?
Am I being over protective or just being too sensitive because its my little girl?
Or what....
Basically, the school (a primary school) wish to introduce this subject to the curriculum and wanted to consult with the parents and seek approval as to which words were to be used etc to descibe the *sex parts* of the human anatomy. There was also a viewing of 3 15min videos taken form C4 childrens ed programming.
The words, neither Mrs Wil nor myself had a problem with. I guess its not fair to expect the teachers to know every pet name for a minge under the sun, so vagina, penis, breasts etc Im fine with.......I accept that these are words my 5yr old will use.
The video's however had a bit of a sticking point.
There was a video with a couple of children watching their pet cat have kittens etc......then it went into explaining the difference between boys and girls. Cut to a cartoon image of a naked boy and girl, and the narrator explaining that there are 2 special things about girls.....I assumed Breast and a vagina but no........they zoomed in and said
"Girls have a clitoris....sometimes it gets hard and feels nice" and that they have a vagina which is designed in such a way to allow baby's out.
"Boys have a penis. Sometimes it gets hard and it feels nice"
Now I may be being slightly prudish or naive but does a 5yr old really need to know that she has a clitoris? and that it feels nice? Surely it only feels nice if the girl becomes arroused?
I can accept that a boy is gonna get a stiffy every now and then, and needs to know that this is normal and nothing to worry about...although why should a 5yr old boy get a stiffy?
Am I being over protective or just being too sensitive because its my little girl?
Or what....