The Birds and the Bees

Do you remember the times when moms and dads were quite shy about such things within family matters specifically teaching us about the Birds and the Bees. Mine certainly were. Without a doubt. Somehow I vaguely recall my dad handing me a book on the subject when I was 12 with his eyes lowered and mumbling something about it was time I read up on changes that will happen during puberty. I think he wanted to get out of my room as fast as possible and when he did there was my older brother having a hoot of a time and then saying, ``lets go for a run```. He had no qualms with it and well I was all to embarrassed to look at my parents for one week as I thought there was a stork or something that just happened. But to think that ..............ok, lets not go there.  Within the province of Ontario the government may be in a bit of hot water regarding proposed changes to the school sex education curriculum that will see sexual orientation discussed as early as grade 3. Both Christian and Muslim groups in that province are uniting against such a thing and from the little I know of what the government is proposing be taught to kids as young as 8....I think I wouldn’t be too happy either if I still had a child that young. Mind you on the other hand if I was 8 and within that classroom I would suppose I would be a little confused to say the least. Ontario’s sex education curriculum actually sits in the middle of the pack as far as content goes in sex education across all ten provinces but it is the explicit language and attention to detail that sets Ontario apart. At least their Education Minister says that parents can ask to have their children removed from the classroom if they object to the content of the classes. I don’t know why they can’t just use common sense in the first place so they don’t have to worry about that happening.