>>>I was EXTREMELY disappointed to learn that North Carolina ONLY teaches abstinence in sex education. I had already covered all of the information at home so my daughter was surprised in class when she discovered they weren't going to cover alternative methods of birth contol. I originally thought they would. She brought it up in the class and the teacher responded that not only would it not be covered, it would not be discussed. It was forbidden by the school district, the PTA, and the state. Surprise surprise. What surprised me MOST is that most of the PTA's in North Carolina actually supported that stupidity. The general idea is that since alternative methods of contraceptive are often based on religious principles, it is up to each family to discuss what they feel is appropriate for their family AT HOME. The program is a good one overall (covers all the health issues, diet, exercise, basic anatomy, et al) except for that one MAJOR lacking point. I understood that it was
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>>> decision of North Carolina and it is different in each state. When I was in the 8th grade and living in Colorado, sex education was mandatory and it covered EVERYTHING.
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>>Well, maybe it's not so bad. Once they get the needed number of enforcers that can visit people at home and make sure that the parents aren't shirking their duties in teaching the rest of it, it should be a pretty good program overall.
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>Saying that abstinence 'does not work' is the same logics as saying that law protecting system doesn't work because so many criminals around and (next step) police and courts should be disbanded because it's just waste of money.

I think when people here say 'abstinence does not work', what they're really saying is that simply teaching kids abstinence doesn't work. Obviously abstinence works. Teaching nothing but, is impractical.