Depends upon the school: sex ed. is pretty tame around here and begins in 8th grade with the "this is how babies are made; don't do it! ps. stranger danger!". In high school they get into "these are STDs; don't have sex, but if you do wear protection...but you still shouldn't do it or you might get an STD; ps. stranger danger!".
Admittedly, I live in a very rural area -- we're not as 'sophisticated' as the urban areas.
Some of the local progressives are trying to change that...thus far it hasn't worked because the locals would likely burn down the school if it did.
So it sounds like we had a similar experience overall (I'm suburbs) except mine was earlier. Mine didn't at all increase my likelihood of young sex, and probably actually swayed me against it -- and even if I wanted to, imagine buying a condom and hiding it from parents.
And I think that's ultimately where we went wrong here. I feel like they stopped teaching about STDs and started encouraging recreational sex as the focus, giving away free condoms without telling the parents, etc.
Depends upon the school: sex ed. is pretty tame around here and begins in 8th grade with the "this is how babies are made; don't do it! ps. stranger danger!". In high school they get into "these are STDs; don't have sex, but if you do wear protection...but you still shouldn't do it or you might get an STD; ps. stranger danger!". Admittedly, I live in a very rural area -- we're not as 'sophisticated' as the urban areas.
Some of the local progressives are trying to change that...thus far it hasn't worked because the locals would likely burn down the school if it did.
So it sounds like we had a similar experience overall (I'm suburbs) except mine was earlier. Mine didn't at all increase my likelihood of young sex, and probably actually swayed me against it -- and even if I wanted to, imagine buying a condom and hiding it from parents.
And I think that's ultimately where we went wrong here. I feel like they stopped teaching about STDs and started encouraging recreational sex as the focus, giving away free condoms without telling the parents, etc.