By Michael Teasdale

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States mandate sex education on contraception

Learning as they go: Teens who So... Then 5-8: by this point children should
understand basic sexuality. They
discussed topics
How teens fil knowledge gaps with their best whats right? should fully understand the social
conventions behind nudity and
friends: According to Miriam Kaufman, MD privacy. It is best they begin to
understand puberty, because it may
Condoms: 54% start before 10. More detailed

20% of girls Birth

control: 30%
0-2: children should know
the names of all of the body
parts including the proper
names for their genitalia and
discussions of reproduction should
occurpossibly including discussions
of intercourse.

9-12: At this point children should

have viewed be able to destinguish
pornography to be taught about safe sex and
between male and female.
learn about sex contraceptives. They should
STDs: 44% understand what makes a healthy
relationship. They should also be able
2-5: Children should to discern whether sexual themes in
understand the concept of

40%
media are realistic or not and positive
of boys Pregnancy: 47%
reproduction: a man and a
woman make a baby and it
or negative.

grows in the mothers uterus. 13-18: teens should already have a

They should understand good foundation by this point.
privacy and what types of Answer questions as they come up
Abstinence: 58% touching are acceptable. and encourage dialogue.

Sources: American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Miriam Kaufman, CDC/NCHS Survey of Family Growth, The Nature and Dynamics of Internet Pornography Exposure for Youth, Sexual Communication Between Early Adolescents and Partners, Parents, and Best Friends,
Guttmacher Institute, The Noun Project (Made By Made, Babboon Designs, Maxim Kulikov, Adam Zubin, Sergey Demushkin) , Trends in Premarital Sex in the United States