Sex Ed

Many parents dread "the talk" when their children begin to ask questions and they must cover the birds and bees. Responsible parents just add that to the many things that parenting entails. This brings up the question why any teacher would want to get involved in these types of conversations with their students. It seems the best approach is to refer such inquires to the parents. Going a step further why would teachers get involved in more complicated issues like gender changing or sexual preference. Teachers are not trained to answer such questions and would much prefer to stick to their particular academic subjects. When students ask for information about religion or politics they should defer to parents. It can be very confusing if teachers say one thing about an issue and parents say another. The teacher can say that their job is to sick to their subject matter and refer other topics to parents. Teachers are not trained to answer questions outside of their field of expertise but there is a class called Health for third year high school student discuss many of the these issues. In addition some schools teach sex education and here are the teacher requirements. What credentials are needed to teach sex education. BA degree plus four years of professional experience as a sexuality educator. A minimum of one thousand hours of professional experience as sexuality educator, in not under two years and not over five years prior to certification, will be documented by the applicant.