Children Sex Classes Parents Education People Information Evasive

Young children are often very interested in knowing where babies come from, but their parents are often "embarrassed" (uncomfortable) telling them the truth. Some parents say that a "stork" (a large, white bird that lives near the ocean) carries babies in its "beak" (the long, hard part of a bird's face, where its mouth is), but only very young children believe this. Most of them want to know all about "the birds and the bees," which means "sex education," or information about how men and women are different physically and can have sex to "conceive" (make babies).

In the United States, "public schools" (schools that are created and operated by the government and are not owned by a business) have sex education classes. These are often "controversial," with some people thinking that the classes are very good and other people thinking that the classes are very bad. People who "favor" sex education classes think that they are good because they teach children what they want and need to know, which will help them make better, healthier decisions. People who dislike sex education classes think that they give children too much information and "encourage" (help someone do something) children to have sex while they are too young.

American schools usually tell parents when sex education classes will be "held" (when they will happen) and what will be "discussed" (talked about) in the classes. Parents can choose to "opt out" (decide not to participate) and "pull their children out" of the classes (not allow their children go to those classes) if they think the information would be "inappropriate" (wrong) for their children.