My Experience

I have tried to raise 7 children over the past 33 years and worked very hard at trying to teach my children in the area of sexuality. I am Catholic and teach NFP, Theology of the Body and have studied Sexual morality at University.

 I tried many things over the years. I tried taking my children out of the school based sex-Ed programs only having that back fire on me as the children learned what they missed instead on the playground which was worse. I tried homeschooling and private schooling and still was not satisfied. Some teacher always taught my children something I would have preferred they not teach them.
We live in a sexually charged society where there are no boundaries or limits on what my children can learn about without me even knowing. My child can download 50 Shades of whatever at the library behind my back.

Most parents are not adequately prepared to deal with the issues out there today. While I like the fact that the new curriculum will tackle sexting, it crosses the line on what I as a parent want to be taught to my children in other areas.

What I did learn from my experiences over the years is that I had to have the conversations early enough with my children so they could properly handle the conversations they would come upon.
I also learned that when I sat down with the teachers to discuss what they were going to teach my children I was better able to be prepared and have my children prepared for the class. I was bold with my questions to the teacher so I could get an idea where the teacher was coming from. I also had spent a lot of time cultivating a good relationship with the teachers of my children's school by being in there as a good volunteer and being very friendly and kind to all the teachers.
I also learned that most teachers are just as uncomfortable about teaching this to my children as my children are of having them teach it to them, especially in a coed class. I also learned that most of their teachers in the grade school level skipped over the issues because of lack of time or maybe not wanting to be confronted by angry parents or hopefully for they felt it was the parents job to have those conversations. Some sent the work home with a note for the parents to read this section to their child.

It's up to parents to get into the conversations with their children and the teachers. Now more than ever we have to take our role as the primary educator of our children seriously.