Are 7th Graders Too Young to Do Survey on Sexual Health?

schools and the government should never question a child about their sexual activity.they are MINORS.talk to their parent
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Deeply disturbed my butt. Puberty hits right about then So they were embarrassed about anyone seeing their answers or telling their parents what they said. Too bad for them. Parents are definitely affected by how their kids experiment with anything. They can be embarrassed while they are dealing with that.

Better to get in first. And judging by the behaviour of this new generation, I don't think 7th Grade is bloody early enough!

kids are going up way too fast anyways

Actually, schools and the government should never question a child about their sexual activity.....they are MINORS.....talk to their parents.

As a parent, you will know then the timing is right and sex conversations become necessary. Each child is very individual, and I would have been appalled and the first one at the school throwing a fit it my grandson would have been given this survey in the 7th grade!!

Make that YES!!!!! I hit the wrong dang button.... What is it with progressives and sex these days???

If they can break down the morals in this country then they can finish off the American family. The American family has always been known to be a loving moral group of people and as long as it stayed that way they couldn't tear it down. The people should understand that the American family is the heart of the United States. That is the one thing they could never over-turn. I am now seeing that the things that they needed to tear down are really on the edge. God, family and country.

Even though I'm not fond of the parents not being directly informed, I think the school made the best choice overall. Asking the students with a survey would give decently unbiased results for the questions.

Only two students said they were deeply disturbed by the survey. The majority of students would either find the survey funny or stupid, but they would not even care after a week or two.

Absolutely not. We dont know what the questionnaire really said . I hate to say this but by the time they are in the 7th grade a lot of students are already experimenting with sex Better safe then sorry atleast they will have the knowledge to protect themselves

This is good stuff. We should be teaching this to our children so that when they get to high school, they are smarter about STD's and pregnancy. Who knows, this might actually reduce teen pregnancy rates.

kids these days are really scary 'nuff said

just a bunch of liberal weiner trolls , trolling for future rainbow land victims, kid,s throw that obsene liberal garbage in the trash.

Most parents should think back, honestly, and remember.Get real!

"complete a graphic sex survey -- without parental knowledge or consent -- that included questions about sexual partners and oral sex."


Might be a bit tooo graphic for 7th graders WITHOUT parental consent, SPECIFIC to such agraphic survey

I do agree that the parents should have been told about it but I had sex education in the 6th grade! It of course was awkward at the time but was a good time to learn it.. I had friends who were doing sexual things before we even learned about it! Kids now feel like they need to act more grown up then they are.. That's why there are lil kids trying sexual things at such young ages. And if the ages are getting younger then I see no need to wait until an 8th grader ends up getting pregnant cause they didnt know how to have safe sex or before they even understand how everything works. If these young kids are going to try sexual things you can't stop them but you can at least prepare them for everything that goes along with it.

Hmm, well the parents should have known about it, of course. But these kids need to start learning the hazards of sex. Everybody makes sex out to be kind of a joke. But really, it's serious. I knew a girl who lost her virginity to her boyfriend at the age of 13, and she said she knew what she was doing, but was shocked when her boyfriend wouldn't talk to her the next day. You have got to take precautions and you can't act immature about these things. If you are going to lose your virginity, do it with someone you know you love and who loves you back and you have been dating for a while. And don't do it in High school, that is such a cliche. Also, it would be, of course, better if you waited till marriage, but everybody is different. You might not want to get married ever in your life, and hey, that's okay, BUT DON'T BE A SLUT ABOUT IT!

Hell, I was sexually active in 7th grade.

lol

Blame the parents of today. Don't want to watch what your kids are watching on tv because they don't bother you. "Sure Timmy lets go get GTA4" well someones gotta show Timmy how to put the rubber on the banana.

Lets put it this way, 7th graders are bubbling over with out of control hormones. Most understand their indiviudal sexuality by this point in time as well. This kind of survey is needed for a myriad of reasons, the most important one being - just what ARE our youth doing at that age.

Once the answer to that question is known, then our schools AND parents can help our youth be more responsible in their actions.

I agree whole heartedly

Those flaming queers are just looking for love from the students.

I wish there was a dislike button like there always use to be.

You are one mighty sick dud.

Utter nonsense.

That is not the issue . You dont need to put a spin on this that is not what is happening

Are we serious? Not too young to be taught about sex in the home preferably but too young to be admininstered this type of intrusive sexual survey for the school system or government, The sad part in my mind is we've become a society where for the most part raising of children has been passed off to TV, Internet, video games and school system. And then in the next breath we wonder what ever happened to 'the good old days' of Leave it to Beaver. Think about it...

that is sick

Its not rocket science folks. Kids are exposed to sex by the media from earlier ages than the 7th grade, greatly sparking their curiousity on the subject. The greater good is knowing how much our kids know about the subject. Two students makes this question not worth asking.

And those 2 students might be the very ones who have eye-opening answers.

Well If I couldn't think of anything else to say....

dude! kids should be getting this sooner!! ive seen 8th graders knocked up!!!! they need this in the end of 5th grade!!!!!

i lost my virginity at the end of my 7th grade year, so no, i don't think so honestly, and there were quite a few people in my year that were pregnant. i'm now a sophomore and, again, like i said, there are pregnant teenagers in my year.
it's somewhat ridiculous, but no, i do not think that we are too you too know about we are doing.

The Flippen federal Government needs to keep their noses to hell out of classrooms.
Jr high kids should not be subjected to this kind of thing.

They should be, but probably not.

what AGE is a 7th grader?

the whole world reads these posts, not all countries have an american grading system

13 years of age is considered the best time to indulge school children in sexual health lessons.

Most 7th graders turn 13 some time during the school year or in the summer after 7th grade. If they have an August birthday, they might be 13 when they begin 7th grade.

thank you for the imput...

On reflection I can add, it must be a good age to educate children or it wouldn't happen all over the western world..

In some African / Indien and Muslim states children are married at this age...