Let's talk about sex?

Do you know what, and how, your child is being taught about sex?

The Christian Institute have released a study on what materials primary schools are using in sex eduction: some of its findings might surprise you. If you're a parent, it's worth reading it and praying about it; if you're not a parent, it's worth telling those you know who are.

This post isn't a covert campaign for home schooling, nor a knee-jerk negative reaction to the whole issue of children being educated about sex outside the home. Some of the best, wisest parents I know take very different approaches in how to bring their children up and how and where to educate them.

But this is the kind of thing that we all too often accept unthinkingly rather than prayerfully, simply because everyone around us does. And "sons [and daughters!] are a heritage from the LORD" (Psalm 127 v 3); a gift from Him for us to have the joy of bringing up and telling about Him.

So though five Christian parents might well come to five different conclusions about primary school sex education, hopefully helpful information like this Christian Institute study will make sure that each of those conclusions are the result of careful thought and great prayer.