Parents fail sex education

Parents fail sex education

By Pat Newman President Tai Tokerau principals Association | Friday, 24 August 2007

The vast majority of parents are failing in their parental duty of ensuring their children were informed about sex education. If they weren’t failing, schools would not be foisted with yet another parental duty

“If groups such as Ministry of Women’s Affairs want to genuinely target New Zealand’s high teen pregnancy rate, then they should be targeting families to get parents to carry out their responsibility to educate their own children on sexuality,”says Pat Newman. “More importantly if families took the time to actually teach their children real values, and controls to assist them from partaking in teen sex, then we might actually do something that would work” says Pat Newman.

Pat Newman continued “I didn’t join the teaching profession to become totally responsible for ensuring children knew about “Dog safety” Food Safety” Car Safety” Bike Safety” Electrical Safety, Sex Safety” and anything else that society wants to dump onto my lap.”

As far as ERO’s report goes, Mr Newman is also scathing. “Like most of their reports there is little evidence that it is based upon any valid research. It is in fact a cursory glimpse at only 100 schools out of nearly 2500.” He says. “Reports such as this do nothing to actually help a profession already struggling to cover all the social requirements being foisted on it, and at the same time actually carry out its core business.”

“The bottom line is what has happened to our society that children as young as they are, are required to have their school give them sexuality education! What are their parents doing?” asked Pat Newman

Pat Newman
President of Tai Tokerau Principals Association

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