UK starts compulsory sex education at age 5
This came out a few months ago, but I just came across it now.
There is a double-headed fertility problem in the UK. The great fertility of the teenage population produces 50,000 pregnancies each year to mothers under age 18, more than any other European country. On the other hand, the spread of STD’s among teens leads to infertility problems in the future. By no coincidence, the UK is the epitome of nanny-state government where policies are in place that lead people to be more dependent on big government for everything (now including the teaching of relationship values) and less dependent on parents, traditional extended families and friends for this. So what is their proposed solution? Give government even MORE control, starting in 2010, to force sex education to kids even as young as age five. Yes, FORCE. There is no freedom for parents to opt out. So whom do you trust to make the best decisions about teaching your kids the facts of life? Some school board administrator or yourself?
The laughable thing is this pertains not only to lessons about anatomy, but also to lessons about relationships. I’m sure the school board is furiously working on the teachers’ manuals for that right now to make sure that no child is left behind on learning how to have healthy relationships with the opposite gender. =)
Entrusting more and more to the government and taking away control from parents may or may not be the cause of Britain’s teen pregnancy problem, but I personally don’t think it is a coincidence at all. The problem results in more unplanned pregnancies AND to infertility later in life, due to the spread of STD’s. But the UK has a solution for that — government-funded IVF.
Just when we get concerned that government has grown out of control in the US, we are reminded to count our blessings because it could be worse elsewhere. Isn’t it time now to halt the growing overreach of big government and get back to more traditional individual freedom? God save us.
