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Thread #123935   Message #2738267
Posted By: Emma B
04-Oct-09 - 05:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Home Education UK
Subject: RE: BS: Home Education UK
'I asked because I'm really kinda weirdly worried about folks who want to talk to 13 year olds about oral and anal sex.....'

The programme was designed to REPLY to young peoples questions about such issues.
However much we may be concerned about and deplore the early sexualization of children through the media etc it is nevertheless a 'fact of modern life' and I believe honest informed disucussion of such things is better than playground sniggering and misinformation.


BTW a recent small rise in conceptions rates per 1,000 girls aged 12 to 15 7.8 in 2006 to 8.1 in 2007 followed a 5 year fall

Earlier this year A spokesperson for the YWCA said:
"There has been an increase in the number of teenage conceptions in the last year but we feel that this is just a blip in the overall downward trend. We don't feel that there should be any concern that teen pregnancies are on the increase again."