Students are reaching puberty earlier and earlier. Whether diet, lifestyle, or some immeasurable ‘x-factor’ is the cause the issue remains that kids need to be taught about the changes they face in the coming years.
One of the main problems here is that puberty hits different kids at different ages and blanket sex education in Year 5 and 6 may not be the answer. It is not the best solution, it is the solution a society and government can come up with when the onus is upon the ‘state’ to educate kids about such things.
Gone are the days when mum or dad, or even nanna and pop, have ‘that conversation’ when their kids asks 'the question'.
Where the Grandad in the story might be right is that his grand-daughter may not have asked ‘the question’ for another year or two had the topic not been raised. Which may or may not be the case. But the reality is that kids in her school are probably a lot closer to needing to know even if she is not. What is a Ministry, a school, to do?
This is just another case of society left holding the responsibility that a parent should have. SO what’s the big deal? Parents are smart. They can handle it.
Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.
A person is smart. People are dumb…
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