Give Young People the Sex Education They Deserve
When you were learning how to walk, those first steps were argued on by the parents, baby-sitter and entire clans in some cases. Why do we take sexuality, orientation and gender identity for granted? Why don’t we provide instruction and watch as it is done when we take those baby-steps? In the effort to use various approaches to eradicate HIV, education as treatment will go a long way in empowering young people to own prevention and quality life promoting knowledge and skills. U.S. schools are really missing the mark when it comes to addressing HIV, according to Christine Soyong Harley. This “Back to School” season, parents and students alike are caught in a whirlwind of school supply shopping, bus schedule coordinating and wrapping up summer reading assignments. But as families across the country prepare for the upcoming school year, there is one subject that they often fail to consider: sex education. When it comes to sex education in the United States, we are ...