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School introducing sex education for my daughters class, should I give consent?

Ellie's Mum and Dad

My daughter goes to a lovely small school which caters to her needs really well. Yesterday, in the weekly newsletter it was a permission slip to decide if Ellie should be included in the sex education class. Normally, wouldn't be a problem. However, Ellie has recently acquired a very vocal vocabulary of sexually inappropriate words. We have determined this has been picked up from school and we try to dampen her shout outs without giving her postive attention. We are now worried if we go ahead and allow Ellie to join her peer's things may get worse. I'm just not sure if she is ready. Your thoughts, please.

  • Yes, definitely. How would it feel to be the one in the class who doesn't know what the words mean?

  • in reply to Emma

    Hi Emma, thanks for taking the time to reply. I believe you are correct and probably not the best idea to exclude her from the lessons. Ellie has been excluded enough throughout her life without us contributing to it. That was of course not our intention, but more towards what is best for Ellie. I shall make our 'concern' known to the SENCO and consent to the lessons. You never know, once she has a better understanding of the words, the outbursts may subside. :)

  • I think you absolutely should consent. :)

    I work in education and teachers are very well prepared for this kind of 'silly' attitude towards sex and sexual vocabulary and part of the job is handling that and teaching them to discuss sex, etc. in an appropriate way instead. Your daughter will definitely not be the only one with a "vocal and inappropriate vocabulary" on the subject, believe me.


    Plus if she's already picking up the language from her peers, it's very likely- I would say pretty much certain- she's picking up some rumours and misconceptions on the topic along with it. The best way to dispel that is to nip it in the bud in the sex ed class where things can be explained to her properly and she can ask for clarification on bits she doesn't understand (there is usually an anonymous question box involved in the process, which is a lot less daunting than asking an adult face to face!)

    Emma x