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by Karrey Britt
September 23, 2009 at 2:29 p.m.
Health department offering family-based sexuality education course
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department is offering a family-based sexuality education program “Kids Need To Know.”
The classes, geared for fifth and sixth graders, meet for two hours once a week for five weeks. The courses begin with a parents-only night where curriculum and materials are discussed and questions are answered. Following parents’ night, the courses continue with weekly parent-child sessions for four weeks. One parent accompanies the child to each class.
Reproductive body parts and purposes, puberty, pregnancy, childbirth and sexually transmitted diseases are discussed. Decision-making skills are emphasized. Videos, games and other interactive activities help make the classes fun and interesting.
The class for boys will be Tuesdays, Oct. 6 through Nov. 3, and on Thursdays, Jan. 7 through Feb. 4. The girls’ class will meet Thursdays, Oct. 8-Nov. 5, and on Tuesdays, Jan. 5-Feb. 2.
All classes will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The cost is $50 per family.
Registrations must be received at least one week before the first class. The first deadline is Sept. 29.
For more information or to register, visit www.ldchealth.org or call 843-0721.
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middlemgmt (anonymous) says…
What a wonderful service. I hope they still offer this in a couple years when my child is old enough.
RogueThrill (anonymous) says…
This is a pretty good idea.
Bunny_Hotcakes (anonymous) says…
Wait, what? Marion, it's the Lawrence Douglas County Health Department. If that's not the eeeeeeeeeeeeeevil gubmint, I don't know what is.
Bunny_Hotcakes (anonymous) says…
Don't "silly girl" me when you got caught up in own lack of reading comprehension. You said "better than the government educating your kids." Whether it's an offer or a demand, the Douglas County Health department is a government entity, full stop.
justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
I went to this several years ago and thought they did a fairly decent job. A couple complaints I had with what was taught:
One instructor stated an orgasm was similar to a sneeze (involuntary I suppose was the intent). I didn't think that explained it well in the least.
Flavored condoms were passed around the room - I don't know that we actually need to encourage oral sex by talking about great tasting flavors.
The thing that bothered me the most was there was no discussion about abortion - stages of a developing fetus, responsibility for a new life and that is essential to teaching sex education in my book.