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Argumentative Essay

Sex Education for Children in Formal Education

            Nowadays, the phenomenon about the attitude of children which is getting worse can be caused by the curriculum of formal education. Children become very easily to be knowledgeable because of the development of technology. They can get information as much as possible. The problem is that not all information they get is good, information about free sex for example. As the basic ability of children is replicating what they have seen, it is obvious that the possibility of doing bad attitudes they get from any media is widely opened. Since all of their activities cannot be controlled by parents, the action of preventing their attitude to become worse should be taken by school as the second place of their educational life. They must be taught what is dangerous or not dangerous of sex. Therefore, sex education for children is urgently needed to be applied in curriculum of formal education.

            The idea of refusing the implementation of sex education in formal education oftentimes appears due to the lack of trust to the system of education. Parents may be afraid of educating their children about sex because it will only bring inspiration to replicate what are taught. However the study is conducted with the guidance of the teacher. Besides, students are also good at remembering so that they will be able to remember anything the teacher told them. In addition, the lesson containing sex education will not be given vulgarly. It can be arranged from the simplest lesson such as what is the difference between male and female, what female or male should do or should not do, and which part of body they should protect.

            Some people may be afraid of giving sex education for children because it possibly becomes a way of adding bad information. Furthermore, they worry if the teacher makes mistakes in giving sex explanation. Nevertheless, the availability of sex education in formal education is well designed by the educational institution and well integrated with other relevant lessons, such as biology, PPKN, and religious education. The teachers also will be given some training before they practice to deliver the materials about sex in the class.

            Some parents assume that giving children knowledge about sex is taboo. May be talking about sex with their children is impolite because they will need to explain about genitals or other private parts of the body. Nevertheless, by talking about sex with parents using simple language in casual conversation, children will clearly understand which attitude will cause bad impacts. Children can also criticize some bad attitudes shown in visual media, such as television, you tube or movie. Furthermore, telling them the truth about genitals is not an impolite action. Children will easily understand the true condition of their body if they are told the truth rather than imagery language. For example, boy must know what actually his genital is called. If parents tell him that it is bird not a phallus, he will assume that bird is the same taboo as his genital. Therefore, it is better for parents to tell children the truth rather than let them to assume that those things are taboo. It is also should be applied in formal education so that children will get deeper comprehension about genitals and sex.  

            It may be dangerous for children to know about sex in their early age because it can cause early marriage. However, by knowing sex in their early age, children will be able to know what they are supposed to do or not supposed to do. By integrating the lesson with other moral education, they will be aware of what can bring benefit to their future. Giving sex education even can make children realize that doing sex activity in their early age does not bring them any advantages.

            In conclusion, sex education is necessarily taught to children since at the early time they enter school. However, what matters is the trust of parents towards the education curriculum in term of sex education. They still worry about the side effects of the application of sex education in school curriculum. Actually, parents do not need to fear it as long as the way of delivering sex education is done appropriately. It is indeed curriculum designer(s) who can take this task; creating a curriculum in which sex education is involved without promoting sexual abuse.