What's So Wrong With Sex Education?

What is it about sex education that makes it so damn controversial whether it be in the United States or here in the Philippines?

The planned inclusion of sex education in the basic curriculum in our schools has come under fire (again) this time from "Ang Kapatiran Party-List candidate Jo Aurea Imbong.

Imbong is a lawyer and professor and former head of the legal department of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

Aha! No wonder the challenge.

Admittedly the challenge is on constitutional grounds citing Section 12, Article II of the Charter, which states that "the natural and primary right and duty of parents in the rearing of the youth for civic efficiency and the development of moral character shall receive the support of the government."

According to Imbong this means that sex education classes are unconstitutional.

The thing is it doesn't really ban sex education from the purview of the schools.
The way the above section can be read is, yes, it is the duty of parents to teach about life which includes sex education but doesn't it also say there "shall receive the support of the government."

The way I read it sex education is one way for the government to support the parents in their quest in rearing the youths in "civic efficiency and the development of moral character ."

And I agree with DepEd spokesperson and Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya when he said that as the child's second home the schools also has the same responsibility as parents - to teach youths about sex and reproductive health, again in support of what parent's are teaching.

And another thing, I doubt parents are teaching their children about sex. How could they when most of them did not have the same teachings when they were children.

Also, how do we know if what the parents are teaching their children are correct? Are we so sure the what should be taught to children about sex are taught to them?

I'm not, and I don't think anyone should either.

To my mind if someone had taught children in an open and frank discussion things about sex and the pros and cons about it we may not have problems with teenage pregnancies and unwanted child births.

Maybe...

But then isn't maybe better than nothing at all. Unless that's what the detractors want - more kids for our ill-equipped country to NOT feed and clothe.