This week and last week I have been presenting "Learning About Me," a 5 day program for 6th graders. We discuss Self-Esteem, Decision-Making, Puberty, Sexuality, STIs, Contraceptives and Consequences of Sexual Behavior.
I have a million wonderful anecdotes from the last week, but at the minute I am too busy typing up the anonymous questions about sex from this week's groups. The students are encouraged to write any questions they may have about sex, puberty, relationships, growing up, etc. I am always shocked at what some of them know(suffice it to say that I need a glossary of porn terms to answer at least 1 question every time) and many of them crack me up ("is it good to beat ur meat.") This week I got a few personal questions, in the vein of "my boyfriend is wanting to have sex without a condom, what do i do" and "my 14 yr old cousin is having sex, what does she do if she gets pregnant?"
Spending time with these wonderful young people, I see how very young they really are, regardless of how worldly and jaded they may also be. It breaks my heart that any of them are struggling with these questions and I pray that I can help a few avoid getting into bad situations.
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