Letters To The Editor

Now that I'm back home in Canada and most of my return cleaning has been done, I have the time to write regular blogs and even to send an irate letter to the editor of my local newspaper. My issue is Ontario's recent decision to teach graphic sex education to children beginning in grade 3. The government has since decided their decision was ill advised because of massive parental backlash.

My letter to the editor was fairly simple. Why would an 8 year old child in grade 3 need to be taught about gay relationships? Why would a 10 year old child in grade 5 need to be taught about masturbation? Why would an 11 year old child in grade 6 need to be taught about oral and anal intercourse? And who is pushing for this radical change in the way sex education is being taught in our schools now?

One of the people pressing for these changes is a gay activist who claims she would prefer children should be taught about gay relationships in kindergarten. This woman, who is a lesbian, could never naturally produce a child within her gay relationships so why does she have any say in how heterosexuals teach their children about sex? To be honest, I do believe that children should be given accurate answers as soon as they are able to ask the questions, though, so they would sooner or later learn all they needed to know about sexual conduct of all kind. Saying this, there is no need to push such delicate information on young minds before they're ready.

Children today are exposed to way too much adult information simply because of what they see on T.V. and advertisements, not to mention song lyrics! We treasure the pure innocence of a child and it's human nature to protect them for as long as possible. My wish is that we don't fill their heads with images and information they are too young to fully understand. Let them be children for a while yet.